Month: August 2012

First Days of School

Ricky started 3rd grade last week.  He thought he was ready to go back.  Now he’s happy to be there and enjoying spending time with his friends.  He likes his teacher and that Grandmama gets to come volunteer in the computer lab a couple of times a week.  It should be a good year!  Ricky […]

What we heard …

Rusty was happily coloring and talking to himself and his Baby (his stuffed animal) while Kevin and I were doing some computer work.  What we heard went something like this, “Whoa!  I wanna color this guy.  Ba ba ba ba ba.  B Baby was adopted.  He went to the dodgers all by himself.  Look at […]

Tying Quilts

The boys needed some new quilts for their beds, so I set up my mom’s frames and tied them some.  I haven’t done a quilt in quite a while and the boys were awed by the coolness of playing under the quilt.  There was an entire train track village set up under there at one […]

Deck Cracks

The boys were playing outside one day while Kevin and I worked in the house.  We noticed Tommy on the deck … Then we noticed him on the deck like this … We wondered what he was doing and realized he was looking through the cracks.  He could see this … And this … And […]

Costume Box

Several years ago, I started buying up the clearance costumes after Halloween.  I wasn’t planning ahead for the next year … I like sewing the boys’ Halloween costumes … I was creating a dress-up box.  I didn’t realize how much the boys would enjoy that box! When Ricky was 3, I made him a cat […]