We went trick-or-treating on Friday with friends who have two daughters who are the same ages as Number 3 (9 years old) and Number 4 (8 years old). They live in a great neighborhood for Halloween with lots of cul de sacs and lots of houses. So there were seven kids altogether, ranging in ages from 3 […]
Number 4
This is what all birthdays should be like.
Yesterday was Number 4’s birthday. If you remember last year, I suprised her with a special day. Yesterday she asked me if we were going to have another spa day and if I was going to pick her up early. I told her that I wasn’t. That we would celebrate when she got home. She […]
In my next life, I want to come back as a seahorse.
Ever since April when we stopped watching tv on school nights, I have been reading a chapter book to Numbers 3, 4 and 5, who all share a room, at bedtime. This summer we read Super Fudge and Because of Winn Dixie. Super Fudge was a little bit painful for me, but they loved it. […]
It’s 12 P.M. Have you said YES to your kids yet today?
I woke up much later than I wanted to this morning, and as a result, I was feeling rushed from the second I got up. So when I was making breakfast and Number 4 bounced into the kitchen and asked, “Mommy! CAN I HELP?” I immediately said… “NO.” I was trying to make banana bread […]
The Girls
Number 6 and 7 share a room and are the first kids in line in the going-to-bed shift. Every night we do the same thing…read a story or two, sing a couple songs, get into bed, and then give a hug, kiss, knuckles and high fives. They love their routine. Once they are asleep, it’s Number 3, […]
My Mom. A Story by Number 4.
We have these black, hanging wall folder-things from Pottery Barn in our mudroom. Every day after school the kids empty their backpacks and put all their papers in them for me to look at. I finally looked at the papers they brought home and put in those folders in the last few days of school […]