Author: Cindy

Billy is in the midst of potty training (thanks to his father).  He is quite good at using his little potty and has been known to call out in the middle of the night to use it (of course, this is usually just a stalling technique to avoid having to go to sleep, but . […]

Ricky was practicing his months, “September, October, Notober . . .Momma, what comes after Notober?  I can’t remember.” Ricky, April 2007

This afternoon I asked Ricky if we should take Trouble and Daisy with us to Grandmama’s.  He was all for it and then he said, “Even though they are a slob, I still love them.”  I began racking my brain for any time when I referred to someone as a slob that he may have […]

We are all finally healthy (where is a really big piece of wood to knock on?) and with their renewed health the two big boys seem to have found a need for independence. My days are filled with the precious sounds of “No, Momma!  Me do it!” and  “Me turn.  Me turn.”  My favorite and […]

In our church, little babies receive a blessing and get their names listed on the church records, similar yet totally different than a christening.  Today was Rusty’s special day. The outfit is the same one we used for Ricky and Billy and that my mom used for my brother Dan (not quite 40 years ago).  […]