Author: Cindy

Chorus

As we were driving home from Grandmama’s house tonight, Ricky and Billy sang a beautiful duet for Kevin and I.  Rusty was completely silenced by its beauty.  It was a combination of “I am a Child of God” and the “Scooby-Doo”  theme song.  It went something like this: (sung simultaneously) Billy:  Chi-i-ild of God.  Chi-i-ild […]

Bunk Beds

For the last few weeks, Billy has been unhappy with his bed.   Some nights it was too bouncy.  Some nights it had a monster.  We figured it was time to get the bunk beds. Kevin put them together this morning with a little bit of help. Ricky made himself a comic book called “Save Rusty […]

You can do hard things!

I heard a church talk a year ago that mentioned a family slogan of “you can do hard things.”  It kind of hung around in my head and when the boys started whining about the chore of  picking up their toys being too hard a couple of months ago, I pulled it out.  When we […]

Lips

Grandmama and Ricky had a cooking date today.  They made lip mints.  Together they figured out how to use the microwave to melt the chocolates and put it in the molds.  They made pink and red and white lips.  Ricky was fascinated with the white lips, for who knows what reason! Ricky loves helping in […]

Big Boy Hair Cut

Rusty was past due for a hair cut.  He’s had several trims, but the hair was out of control (don’t believe me – go back a couple of posts to when he is eating the spaghetti).  Last night, I pulled out the scissors and funny shaped comb and off came the hair. Here are a […]