Concluding our Missouri trip, we drove back through time a bit to Commerce, where Dad’s family lived in his younger years. Benton High School A stop by Oakdale Cemetery Bea Skinner is mentioned here. …
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MO Memories, Part 2 of 3 – It’s All About the MO Jo
Continuing with the recount of our Missouri trip, we then went to check out the party venue where Aunt Joanne’s 75th birthday party will be. Here we entered the birthday party set-up in progress. This is Penny giving me the “I’m not Jill” face, I think before the door closed. That’s a running joke around…
Five
Early in December, my oldest turned Five. He decided months before that he wanted a robot themed party and cake. Then it became Star Wars and R2D2. Then it became Wall-E. Finally, we locked in R2D2, when it came time to buy birthday supplies. We did a whole Star Wars theme with the food, that…
The Dust Is Settling
Yes, the dust is settling, and we’ve been busy naming the swamp-like creatures that form as it builds up. I have blown past so many great adventures that have happened over the last couple of months: A fifth birthday, a trip to Missouri, a Christmas vacation to Florida, including three Christmas celebrations, a trip to…
Deep Thoughts by Isaac
My new “fwavorite” (as Ike would say) hobby these days has been collecting deep thoughts spoken by Isaac. They typically emerge randomly from silent observation, and they never can be elicited from baited conversation. If you ever ask him a deep question, in hopes of getting a cute answer, it will go something like this, “Isaac,…
Three Bigger Littles
I’m in so much denial that my firstborn will be 5 in about 20 days. That means, gulp, in 2 months my youngest will be 2 and in 4 months my middle will be 4! There’s a mental hurdle for me about them being school-aged, as if that’s one foot out the door. Yes, that’s…
Warrior Class
I had a stroke of genius the other night. The boys were feeling rowdy and restless and were starting to attack each other in a feisty way. I dashed out to the garage and retrieved Brian’s and my Tae Kwon Do sparring gear, and padded up the big boys, and I slid some bag gloves…
The Big Sleeping Game
While Brian was off at Battle Axe Sharpening class, the boys all got to pile into bed with me. Here’s how it went down. I will decode this for you, since it is every bit as action-packed as it looks. The “M” is for Mom. Numbers 1,2 and 3 are for Ian, Isaac and Elijah,…
Project Shrinkydink
I am Captain Willpower this week. I’m so crazy-eyed and Americanized that I decided to go see a nutritionist for guidance. It was a good meeting and I came away with some helpful guidance. The hard part is matching the formula: 50% carbs, 30% fat, 20% protein. The nutritionist suggested I document my eating for a…
S.A.H.M. Hill 