Author: Cindy

I mentioned Rusty was adamant, right? I mentioned that Poppy is his friend, not me, right? Well, just the other morning, the two littles were awake earlier than necessary and both were calling out for the favorite parent … Kevin. “Poppy!  Poppy!  Poooooooooooppy!” When suddenly a little light bulb went on in Rusty’s little mind.  […]

Rusty is adamant about things.  I could call it stubborn but then fingers might be pointed at a certain parent from whom he might possibly have inherited that trait, so we’ll just call him adamant. He likes blue.  Blue alone. He wants goldfish crackers.  None of those round or square crackers.  Goldfish ones. Poppy is […]

When I was a kid, Christmas night we’d put on our new jammies and collect a few of our favorite gifts and gather for a picture of all the kids together.   It was always kind of fun, so I’ve tried doing that with my kidlets. There is a problem though. My children are notoriously rotten […]

We had ourselves “Fast Food Friday” this week (who am I kidding – this a regular feature at our house).   After Ricky’s piano lesson, I grabbed some burgers, corn dogs, and fries from our local burger place and even added some tater tots to the order – just to mix things up. The boys each […]

Kevin was holding Rusty on his lap and reading him stories one night.  Just the usual, until … Rusty looked up at Kevin’s face.  Looked a little more and finally said, “Poppy, you need to cut that grass in your nose!” (Pardon me while I take a moment to laugh about our 2 year old […]