One of the things I feel most blessed about is that I've had the privilege of being able to volunteer in all of my children's classrooms so far.  Fingers crossed that I can do the same when Riss starts kindergarten (sob) next year ( Read more... )

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Sometimes Kellan and Riss do so much bickering that it's like watching a junior version of "The Honeymooners."

Other times, there is this:


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I'm submitting this post (written in July of 2009) to Momastery's "Messy, Beautiful Warriors" Project.  For more information (and how you can participate too, click on the link at the bottom of this post).


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A couple of girlfriends and I wanted to participate in a local mother/son dance with a superhero theme, but when we tried to sign up we found out that it was sold out.  So...we decided to have our own "super" night out ( Read more... )

Monday was Kellan's 6th birthday.  (I still have to write his birthday letter...AND his sisters' - GAH ( Read more... )

Our Spring sports season got off to a sluggish start thanks in part to a ridiculous abundance of April showers.  The entire month was a sloppy, sloggy mess, made worse by the fact that the color white figures prominently into three of the four uniforms currently being worn by the athletes in our house ( Read more... )

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Last week was a bust.  It was long, exhausting and overwhelming - mostly from an emotional standpoint, although there were plenty of scheduled events filling in the gaps.  Cumulatively, I probably slept for about 6 hours.   Needless to say, blogging was the last thing I could muster the energy for, dinner being a close second.  There are days where ( Read more... )