Month: November 2011

Tommy had his 18 month well check with the pediatrician this week.  He wasn’t really pleased to be there.  He cried when he the nurse weighed and measured him.  He howled during the entire exam with the doctor.  Tommy just didn’t think those people should be touching him. It was a good exam though.  For […]

We are doing a Thankful Turkey this month.  There is a turkey body on the wall and each night everyone picks one thing we are thankful for to write on a feather that we add to the body. It is fun listening to what the boys are thankful for, especially Rusty.  He must have blue […]

88 months ago, I became a mother.  Some of the best discussions I have with Ricky are about my job as mother and that he is teaching me how to do my job. Ricky is a good kid.  More and more he is noticing how he can help others and doing it without being asked.  […]

My baby is 18 months old today.  I would say that the past year and a half have flown by, but, quite honestly, I don’t remember a lot of it. I don’t know if that lack of memory is from having 4 boys or having the last two so close together or from wacky hormones […]

Rusty had a yellow cup at dinner tonight.  Billy had a blue one.  Rusty wanted the blue one.  A very minor fit ensued.  Billy tried to stop it by saying, “Rusty, you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit!”  Several times. A little later in the meal, Ricky was having a difficult […]