A Sensible Girl
Woo-hoo! We have a brand new car payment! Along with that payment is a new car. She’s shiny, clean and has a bazillion cup holders. Clean and a bazillion cup holders. Clean and a bazillion cup holders. Do you see what I see? One might call it irony. Ironically, if one looks up the definition [...]
Comic Relief
In the midst of our sorrow – the kids give us relief from the burdens that adulthood bring… On Sunday we saw a baptism being done near the spot our ferry was docking. Olivia was full of questions and comments about this thing called “BATHtism“. Also on Sunday Joel made a comment about Handy Downs [...]
Toe Food
Olivia: Mom? Mom: Yeah? Olivia: Have you ever had toe food? Mom: Toe Foodddddd? Olivia: Yeah. Joel: It’s not toe food, Livi, it’s tofu. Olivia: Oh. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
Barf Bag
We just returned from a very fun… and very busy trip to visit family. On our return flight home, Olivia squealed in delight after a quick-check of the seat pocket in front of her… “Oh Mom! Look! I got a goody bag!!!” Thank goodness no “goody” was in it… oh the joys of innocence… Bookmark [...]
At least she's resourceful…
Olivia is grounded from scissors for a week. You see, she’s 5 – not 3 or 2 – she’s 5. She should be WELL past the “cut one’s own hair stage”. She broke ground on that phase a couple of years ago and tended the land for quite some time. However, she grew out of [...]
The Big 5
It's crazy to realize that you are already 5 years old Olivia! How'd you get so big so fast? Where have the years gone? It seems like only a short time ago that I learned I was pregnant with you. I remember sitting in my bed, sorting through pictures of your big brother early on [...]
And there was laughter…
So, in all my complaining and fretting over surviving my third round of two, three, and four-ness, I am blessed with laughter. People, I have funny kids. They favor their father in that way. He's a funny guy with a wicked-great sense of humor, and he is rubbing off on our children. Mother's Day – [...]
Third Time's a Charm?
As I witnessed/endured/bore the brunt of another tirade of my darling 2-year-old Lucy, I told God, “How am I going to make it through another 2 year old’s search for her own voice… her independence? Lord, help me, help me, help me…” As that thought passed through my mind, I began flashing back to moments [...]
What do you get…
when you combine a bathing suit, pom-poms and and apron? My 5 year-old daughter, Olivia, performing impromptu cheers, monologues and dance routines… no audience… except the one in her head Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend
If you have cookie seeds…
THEN cookies could grow on trees. Here’s how it went down: Olivia: I wish cookies could grow on trees, but you’d have to have, to have, to have, to… Joel: Yeah, you’d have to have cookies seeds. Olivia: Yeah… Both: Giggle, giggle, giggle… I pinkie swear – rides in the car bring out the best [...]
