Year: 2013

I took all four older boys to the dentist for a cleaning.  They happily played with the dentist office toys while we waited and none of them had any issues or cavities.  (Whew for Kevin passing on his tooth genes instead of the boys getting mine!) They took the boys back for their cleanings starting […]

We were role playing how to graciously receive a gift one night (gotta teach those social skills).  The lesson we were trying to teach was to say thank you and one nice thing about the gift … no matter what it is!    It was Billy’s turn and I “gave” him a pink headband.  He […]

“I like snow plows.  That’s what Christmas was made for … snow plows!”

You know how your own feelings as a parent shape your parenting?  I find Santa kind of creepy.  I always have.  From a distance, Santa is magical and fun and good.  But try to make me sit on the creepy, old guy’s lap … no thank you! Case in point number 1 … (I’m the […]

We had a volunteer squash patch this summer.  There is an RV parking spot on the side of our house that was growing knee high weeds when we moved in.  We had a friend till it with his tractor and up sprouted a bunch of squash plants.  We don’t have an RV, so we let […]