We’ve had one snowy day this winter. One. It is a good thing our state motto was changed from “Greatest Snow on Earth” to “Life … Elevated” because this year just has not been up to snuff. Fortunately, our snow day was on a day when we could actually go out and play. A Saturday. […]
Month: January 2012
Tagging
Ricky didn’t care for coloring or crayons until he was probably four. He just wasn’t interested. Billy only became slightly interested as Ricky started writing for school. At the time, I thought he was TOTALLY into coloring. I was wrong. I then had Rusty. Rusty is a coloring fool. Before he turned two, we had […]
Sick Days
The beginning of 2012 was hard on our little family (can I call it little when there are six of us?). All of us but Billy got a rotten stomach bug, Ricky and Tommy had nasty ear infections, and there were several days of just feeling plain crummy. We’ve all been healthy for a week. […]
That's what he said …
Another installment in the things my kids say … This morning while helping Rusty get dressed, he started rubbing Baby (his favorite stuffed toy) on his ears. I asked him why he was rubbing Baby on his ears. Rusty very matter-of-factly looked at me and said, “Because my lips are running!” Okay then.
he also said…
On the way to school this morning, Ricky said, “Momma, I wish we had a sidewalk in front of our house.” “Why is that?” I asked. He responded, “So we wouldn’t get spikes in our shoes when we go for walks.” “Um, do you mean stickers?” “Oh, yeah. Spikes. Stickers. Either one.” Be ye warned […]