Year: 2011

I wanted to blog but couldn’t think of anything current that was very interesting.  So, how about some flash-backs? January 2005 – This is one of my favorite pictures ever of Baby Ricky.  Oh, how I love that face! January 2006 – He loved those baby ravioli things.  Haven’t been able to get any of […]

Rusty was up in the hallway, outside the bathroom door, yelling, “Doo doo.  Doo doo.” I thought maybe we’d had a break-through.  Maybe this one would potty train himself by age 2.  Maybe this one wouldn’t be hard.  Maybe he was ready. As I hurried over to help my way-ahead-of-his-brothers-in-the-potty-training-department son, I was a little […]

Billy was happily eating lunch the other day when he asked, “Can you give me some more cabbage?” I looked at Kevin and at our plates trying to figure out what he thought was cabbage.  Sandwich?  Bologna.  Chips?  Ruffles.  Carrots and celery?  Maybe. So I asked him, “What’s cabbage?” Billy said, “That white stuff!” Oh.  […]

In an attempt to make Christmas more fun for myself and notice the boys enjoying the season, I had some fun with my Facebook statuses.  I want to remember them, so I’m sticking them here. 11/30  Orange peels under my fingernails … must be Christmas! 12/3  Little boys in overalls playing with train tracks … […]

Can I do it?  Can I come up with 11 things about all four boys for the New Year?  That’s 44 things … I don’t know if I’m that talented, but I’ll try. RICKY 1.  He loves books.  He reads really well – 4th grade reading level – but prefers to be read to.  He’ll […]