Growing Up and Minor Flooding

Tonight was a busy night. The first big adventure was converting Sarah’s crib into a toddler bed. If we had our way, I’m sure we would have waited, but Sarah forced our hand. Last night I woke up to some terrible screaming. It seems that Sarah had tried to climb out of her crib, but [...]

Tulips and Easter

Why didn’t we do this 13 years ago? Thanks to my mom, we have beautiful tulips around our front tree to welcome in Easter. (Click on the image to see more pictures)
This has been a crazy, busy weekend. It started on Friday, which I took off (I needed a mental health day). Even though the [...]

What a Week

Who would have thought that we would travel from one extreme to the other so quickly. In my previous post I talked about what a great day we had. Well the very next day, Sunday, was one of the worst ever. Ellie was amazingly difficult, she argued and fought over everything. She scream, she cried, [...]

Monkey Girl and the Ice Cream Man Cometh

It was hard to believe that today was nearly the end of January; it was so warm and sunny. We had a really good day today. It started off with Ellie’s swimming lessons this morning. She is really amazing. Just over three week ago she hated getting her face wet while taking a bath. Now [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. We finished dinner a couple of hours ago and I am still stuffed beyond reason. We had a wonderful meal with most of our family plus friends. The kids were great, the food was awesome and we have so much to be thankful for this year. We are so blessed [...]