“PooPoo!”
“No, Poo-PEE!”
“PooPoo!”
“Poopie!”
“PooPOO!”
“No! It’s a Poo-PEEEE!”
This is what I’ve been listening to for the past ten minutes. Robby insists it’s a Poopoo (because he can’t say poopie, and yes, he is presently doing one, whatever you call it), and Sam is confident that it’s a Poopie.
Welcome to a rainy, cold Monday morning in our house.
Looks like [...]

Robby turned 18 months old recently. And Hubby and I realized over dinner one night that Sam was around this age when I became pregnant with Robby. I have to admit, when we thought about that we were both kind of like, what were we thinking?! Right now having another baby is just about [...]

I was thinking more about my family and our “best-friendliness.” I realized, though, that we definitely will not always feel that way. There will be years that go by when we (especially the boys in relation to Hubby and I) don’t feel this way at all. But through that time, I hope that two things [...]

The other day Sam pulled down one of Hubby’s old photo albums. It contained pictures from when we were in college (we went to school together but didn’t start dating until months after graduation . . .), and we all sat together and looked at it. Sam asked who the people were, and I think [...]

This is my first installment for the Total Mom Theme, Simplicity (please go here to see how you can participate - I’m pushing the date back to Saturday, January 10 for everyone due to holiday craziness).
I took these shortly after announcing the new theme and was struck by, well, the Simplicity of it: Two boys. [...]

The First, at 14 months old - He looks at it quizzically. He studies its features: sides, top, even the bottom. He watches as the other children climb to the top and fly down. When coaxed, he eventually approaches. Apprehensive, he backs away and returns several times. Finally, with mommy’s help, he sits at the [...]

Before I join the throngs of mommy bloggers posting adorable pictures of kids in costume today (and I will, in a just a sec), I just wanted to remind everyone about the first Total Mom Theme: Exploration. Please follow the linky there if you’d like to find out how to participate.
I don’t know about anyone [...]