Author: Cindy

Picture it … Hooper, 2013. Momma finally let the boys into the costume box after months of keeping it locked up. As she is sitting in a far room of the house feeding the new baby boy, she hears a three year old repeating over and over, in an attempted Italian accent, “I’m Mario … […]

Tommy is pretty cute.  I’m biased, I know, but he’s 3 and 3 is such a dang cute age. One day, as he was just being cute, I asked him if he was my sweet baby. Tommy replied, “No.  I’m your sweet big boy!” Ahhhh! Then he said, “I cut you in half  ’cause you […]

For quiet time today, I put in one of the preschool DVDs we own.  This one teaches the sounds each of the letters makes. While watching, Tommy wanted Rusty to read a word and said, “Read it, Rusty!  Hurry!  Read it!” Rusty replied, “I don’t know how to read.” Tommy countered, “You do!  Read it.” […]

A little more than a month ago, I felt our boys needed a refocus.  Kevin and I talked about it and decided they needed a bit more gratitude in their lives.  To help with that, we started our Thankful Thoughts. Before our family prayer most nights, we go around the circle and everyone shares something […]

Billy’s first grade class celebrated pets this week.  Each day some of the children were invited to bring a pet, a picture of their pet, or a stuffed animal to share with the class.  Today was Billy’s assigned day.  When he came home and handed me the note, Billy said, “Momma, can we take Hunter?” […]