Sometimes I get lazy with my mothering. You know, I don’t always change a diaper the very MINUTE I smell the stink. I don’t wipe the highchair off after every third meal. Sometimes I get yet ANOTHER sippy cup out of the cupboard after I know 3 or 4 have already been used that day….
Shell Beach
There was noise in the busy restaurant all around me as I opened the box. But I didn’t hear it. My Mother leaned in over the table and said, “He picked it out himself.” I smiled as I examined the silver cross with my fingers and then felt his hand gently on my right shoulder….
Walking Together
The kids and I walk basically the same route around our neighborhood in the afternoons or early evenings whenever the weather is nice enough (meaning not too hot or humid at this point). The boys ride their bikes and I pull K in the green wagon as we make our way around the few familiar…
Mothers Everywhere
One of my favorite lines from the musical “Wicked” is: “She had a mother, like SO many do…” Cracks me up every time. Of course in my case I’m blessed to have SO many wonderful mothers in my life. My own Mother is pretty amazing. And then there’s Tim’s mother. Also amazing. And Tim’s…
I Think We’ll Call Him Shaggy
I was out on the screened-in porch earlier tonight with the kids enjoying the lovely weather we are having lately and letting the kids play a bit before bedtime. Tim was laid up today with some sort of stomach thing all day and barely made it out of our bedroom. So, outside time was GOOD….
Gardens & Weddings
I think I may have had a little bit of You Capture ESP as I went around taking pictures, OUTDOORS, in my mother’s front yard/gardens while in Texas at Easter. I just love her statues and various knick-knacks that she has placed all around. Last Saturday we had the wedding of our friends. Remember the…
Tempting
I can hear it from the other room, I swear it is calling my name. The little, white angel on my left shoulder whispering too, simply saying “no….” The tiny red guy with horns saying in my right ear, “go for it.” My mind, terribly conflicted as the t.v. talks in the background too. So…
From Smocking to Swarovski
I try to take my parenting one day at a time. I try not to think about the future too much. Obviously there are things to prepare and be ready for (birthday parties, school starting, etc.) but since having a daughter I have thought about what it would be like to help plan and witness…
Are they too short?
I bought these shorts at Loft a few weeks ago. And then I kinda regretted it. But, it gets REALLY hot here. However, I am 36 now. NOT 16. Are they too short? What do YOU think?I’ve been going over it in my head and looking at myself in the mirror and let me tell you…
Two Sides of the Line
Recently we were at a function where there were several kids and a bounce house. The B Man and a girl about his age (but a little bigger in stature) were playing inside the bounce house and she was getting a little rough. They were playing “swords” (they were invisible) and at one point she…