I may have posted before about some of the precious things my oldest used to say...how she was afraid of "goats and bats" at Halloween...or that she used to use the "Moat and the Troll" to change television channels, but it's been a while since we've had the fun of learning language with a little one. Now that our toddler is growing and his vocabulary is expanding, the fun begins again. Here's ...
Motherhood
How do you know….
When to take your kids to the doctor? Seriously. If they are not running a raging fever, how do you know? My little ones have colds. Who doesn't right now? We've been to spring, almost summer and back in the last two weeks around here. My poor Japanese Magnolias are sporting rotten blooms thanks to this weekend's frost. I'm sneezing, kids are coughing, and the babies are pulling at their ...
Naptime….
Some days, naptime at our house is a picture of peace. Quiet babies, all sleeping and a mom sipping coffee and catching up on blogs or books or dishes. Not this week. This week, it's been a bit more like a relay race, and the kids just keep passing the baton. One up, one down...all day. Between a toddler who's testing and a set of twins who are teething...this mama is tired. There ...
January in Mississippi….
And when I woke up this morning, it was already 60 degrees outside. It snowed a week or so ago. The weather feels a little bit like my life right now...swinging from one extreme to the next. Here are a few highlights: My oldest accepted Christ. JOY! My toddler is into tantrums. Not a joy. My twins are thinking about crawling. Mixed emotions (joy, bittersweet wonder at where the time ...