Author: Cindy

Linny, Tuck, and Ming-Ming too!

Not sure if everyone/anyone has heard of them, but our boys love to watch the Wonder Pets. It’s a cartoon on Nick Jr. where three school pets – a guinea pig, turtle, and duckling – save baby animals that are in trouble. This Christmas, Billy got a stuffed Ming-Ming (duck) and Ricky got a stuffed […]

"Mean Ricky"

I met “Mean Ricky” yesterday.  (This was his self titled name, not one I gave him.)  He’s been having a hard time sharing his toys with Billy and yesterday was no exception.  One of the many problems, which it is impossible to explain to a 4 year old, is that Billy is a big tease […]

Indoor Sandbox

So the natives are getting restless.  Sure it is the January thaw and daytime temperatures really aren’t that bad, but our backyard is one big mud puddle and they are just getting over ear infections and Ricky has inherited his father’s cold.  Perhaps one other excuse for me keeping them indoors is that I am […]

Ricky says the darnedest things!

I’ve gotten very lazy about carrying my camera with me everywhere.  It was easy when I just kept it in my diaper bag, but I’m enjoying a few months of diaper-bag-freeness before #3 comes and my camera just gets forgotten.  Tonight I would have taken a picture of my boys with Uncle Tim.  It is […]

"Fwosty! Fwosty!"

I had to wake Billy up from his nap today.  This isn’t a habit I practice often.  I am much more of the school of thought where you let sleeping babes sleep, but it was 4:30 and he’d been asleep more than 3 hours.   So I quietly walked into the room, so as not to […]