Archive for the ‘The Big One’ Category

The Before, and The After

I would say that today was almost the opposite of what I’d expected. When faced with the fact that Sam would be losing two of his teeth, I was most concerned with how he would handle the realization that there was a huge space in his mouth - that his teeth were actually gone, as [...]

Overloaded Post

So, I want to tell you about all these great things that have been happening around here lately. Blog launch parties with friends, winning some gorgeous pots and pans, getting VIP treatment at Sun & Earth. But alas, I can’t write it, not today, because my little boy is having his teeth extracted tomorrow. Extracted. [...]

Creeks and Crawfish - Defeat The Deficit

Something about waking up the morning after a rain makes me think, “We need to go throw rocks in the creek!” So that’s what we did yesterday, after making sure the carrots had survived our most recent storm. Robby kept talking about the “Big WaWa!”  We found an orange slug on a rock and [...]

You Capture - Family

It’s another week of the You Capture Challenge over at I Should Be Folding Laundry. The theme this week: Family, so of course I had to share.
Family - here are all my boys:

9 Months

About nine months ago, Robby was learning how to give kisses, and working on walking through the grass:

Just yesterday he was a little man with a new haircut, who told me all about the trains that were going by:

And then, there’s just something about this picture that I love:

Not So Manic . . . Monday

I have a little secret. I actually really love Monday mornings. I know. Gasp. What on earth would I love about the start to the week, the end of a too short weekend? Well, I used to hate it when this time rolled around each week just as much as most people. So I [...]

A Week In a Box

One week, seven days, 168 hours. SO. MUCH. STUFF. Seriously, I feel like we’ve had so many activities in the past week. This is the condensed, “Best Of” version.
We start with Sam’s field trip to a local farm, which happened to take place on his birthday. I think he might have thought the whole thing [...]