It was a grand idea, brilliant even. Last night I decided I would follow one of the recipes in a slow cooker cookbook to put together some overnight oatmeal for breakfast the next day. It would be great; I could just get up in the morning and spoon it out to everyone - no work [...]

Had some art time at our house recently. Here’s how Robby “arts.”
Put the markers in the cup.

Remove the markers from the cup.

Throw the markers on the floor.

Scream until Mommy picks them up. And repeat. Sam was quite serious, however - look at that face.

And he made it clear there were to be no red pom-poms [...]

Want to know the first thing Sam said to me when he woke up this morning?
“I think we should get a new baby.  A girl baby. We should get a girl baby.”
And as if that wasn’t enough, just a few days ago Hubby came downstairs saying, “You know, I was just thinking about how fun [...]

The day has come: my baby is one year old.  I think I must be in denial, since I am currently speechless, which, as you know, is uncharacteristic for me.  Wasn’t it THIS summer that I was going to Dairy Queen every day while pregnant?  Wasn’t it just last night that my water broke in [...]

I’d like to take a moment to direct you over to something I happen to be very proud of. I currently have a book review up on Mama Speaks.  This kicks off a new weekly book feature we’ll be doing over there. And I’ll admit it - I worked hard on it. I interviewed one [...]

I’m not one to compare my kids - really, I’m not. I love them both, cherish them both, want them both to be exactly who they are, no more, no less.
But I’ll tell you a little secret: I really loved Sam’s hair when he was a baby, this hair. I would have been [...]