Month: January 2010

I mentioned our House Rules the other day and I had no idea the entertainment I would get from these simple phrases! After Billy’s nap today, he sat by me on the couch and I was tickling his foot.  He told me not to and I asked why not.  He got off the couch, marched […]

As we were driving home from Grandmama’s house tonight, Ricky and Billy sang a beautiful duet for Kevin and I.  Rusty was completely silenced by its beauty.  It was a combination of “I am a Child of God” and the “Scooby-Doo”  theme song.  It went something like this: (sung simultaneously) Billy:  Chi-i-ild of God.  Chi-i-ild […]

For the last few weeks, Billy has been unhappy with his bed.   Some nights it was too bouncy.  Some nights it had a monster.  We figured it was time to get the bunk beds. Kevin put them together this morning with a little bit of help. Ricky made himself a comic book called “Save Rusty […]

I heard a church talk a year ago that mentioned a family slogan of “you can do hard things.”  It kind of hung around in my head and when the boys started whining about the chore of  picking up their toys being too hard a couple of months ago, I pulled it out.  When we […]

Grandmama and Ricky had a cooking date today.  They made lip mints.  Together they figured out how to use the microwave to melt the chocolates and put it in the molds.  They made pink and red and white lips.  Ricky was fascinated with the white lips, for who knows what reason! Ricky loves helping in […]