while they play…

Category: kids

  • summer, where art thou?

    oh my, where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone, just like that. seeing it slip by made me especially sad this year because I knew it meant that I would be sending my 5 year old to Kindergarten FOR THE LAST TIME. I did it with Zoe when she was 5 […]

  • Awwwwwww……brotherly love.

  • Hello, K-k-k-iiiiitty?????

    I know….I know. I am quite sure you are telling yourself, “I didn’t come visit your site, today to subject myself to such a horrific vision of this magnitude!” But remember where you are, people. This can’t exactly come as a shock to all of you regular readers! So suck it up. The following is […]

  • My Winter WonderlaaaaAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

    Thanks to having the most wonderful and understanding employers in the entire world, I have all of Christmas Break off of work. Two full weeks of relaxing, rejuvenating, therapeutic……Oh,…..wait, I forgot. My kids aren’t going to be in school….My three year old won’t be with my mother all day….For TWO WHOLE weeks!And thanks to two […]

  • Scenes from Winter…

    P.S. Is there white stuff there, where you’re at???

  • Missing: Two tonsils and a six-year-old’s smile…

    Pre-surgery, Zoe was upbeat and willing. Ready and raring to go.“Are you nervous, sweetie?”“Pffffft! No.” (As if to say, “Mommy! I AM six years old, I KNOW what I’m doing!”)What a brave little girl! The “relaxing” medicine they gave her right before hand was the most entertaining part of our day. Although, watching my little […]

  • It’s time for a mommy vacation, when…..

    …..the children create an impromptu Ice Rink on the Kitchen and Living room floor with a dozen eggs. …..right after a bath. (Yes, that’s my children, the future Olympic Salmonella Skating Champions of the World.)

  • Sunday Snippets…

    Sigh…………Well, at least his shirt is buttoned.Uhh,…partly.

  • Child-iZms…

    Zach: “Mommy! That doggie’s name is Beau! We had a doggie named Beau, remember? But he died.” Me: “Yes…..” Zach: “Who killed him, mommy?” Me: “Nobody killed him sweetie, he had cancer.” Zach: (in deep thought) “Beau didn’t smoke!”

  • "Field" trip…

    Since Zoe was a baby, I have always taken the kids photos myself. I really see no point in paying someone else, who doesn’t really know my child, to capture them on film.I would much rather have the job, myself. Each picture reveals their own special personality. When I look back on their photos, I […]