Lord's Prayer

Recently, teaching the kids the Lord’s Prayer (what is says and what it means) has been part of our bedtime routine.  If you know Ty in real life, you can appreciate how amazing this is. P.S. No one knows why he does those hand motions but he consistently does them at those parts.

Fire!

Ty’s obsessed with firefighters and such. I know his face doesn’t say, “Excited.” But he was.

Sometimes you have to be "that" mom

*****PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT***** There is a giveaway going on until the 25th.  Don’t forget to enter. ******************************************* It’s really my goal in life to never be “that” person. Since having kids, I strive to not be “that” mom. You know the one who thinks her little angel can do no wrong, or the one who […]

2 Years Home, Yesterday

I totally meant to post about Ty’s Airplane Day yesterday.  You know, on his actual Airplane Day.  But I didn’t.  Bad Mommy.  I considered pre-dating a post so when I looked back I would think I had been on the ball.  But I didn’t.  So yesterday, 2 years ago, Ty took his first steps onto […]

Awesome, Ty!

Last fall, I was really torn between putting Ty in preschool and keeping him home an extra year to make sure we were setting him up to succeed whenever he entered the world of structured, group settings. Then I found this fabulous program that was a 3-hour-drop off (major points) AND half preschool-half gymnastics (remember […]

Spring is sprouting…hopefully

Gardening has officially begun for the 2011 season. Patrick has been wanting to experiment with growing herbs (or veggies) under grow lights for a couple years now.  The now-empty corner of our dining room seemed to be screaming, “Grow herbs here!  Who cares about the wine rack?” so we obliged. The light is bought (but not […]

Conversations I've had…

over the last couple days. ****************************************************** Ty: My butt is getting tired. (Said while riding in the car.) ****************************************************** Me: So how can you tell the difference between a boy and a girl. Our almost 8-year-old: By the kinds of shoes they wear. ******************************************************  Ty: Mom, I’m going poopy. Me: Ok, call me when you’re […]