Walkin' in High Cotton

Our adventure at the toy store on Tuesday actually went pretty smoothly. We got there before 10 am and there was hardly any line for returns–although it had started to stack up by the time we left around 12 pm. And to avoid disaster and total melt down, we let the kids take some of [...]

It’s been a while since I posted anything really crafty. I’ve been a little too busy for much crafting and what I have been doing has been very last minute. But here’s something I’m very excited about finishing–my prayer journal! My goal for this year, 2012, is intentional prayer and scripture. Not just to pray [...]

I’m beginning to wonder how I’m ever going to get our kids back into their regular routine. They slept until 7:05 am this morning–that’s got to be a record! I’ve been gritting my teeth a little bit to let them play free without fussing about the noise, the thumping and crashing, the constant light saber [...]

I’m pretty sure our crew had a great Christmas. They’re still living it up around here. It looks like a toy bomb went off in our living room. And I can’t get Speedracer out of his new bathrobe–which he keeps calling his “bathroom.”  The boys have had a bit of stomach bug the last few [...]

I think we’re ready. I finally feel ready. Mr. Fix-It and I got all the presents wrapped last night and I finished putting up the decorations before the munchkins get home this afternoon. Looking around the house,  I feel like I’ve finally opened my heart to Christmas. Do we have more to do over the [...]

Yesterday I wrote about Christmas jammies and earlier this month I wrote a little bit about how to plan for cutting your own Christmas tree. Well, before the crew headed off to Mimi’s last weekend, we found our tree. This year there was no snow like last year. But, like last year, we went out [...]

I’m guest posting with Chelsey over at Sharing the Journey today one of our family’s oldest and most beloved holiday traditions–Christmas Eve Jammies! This year I’m taking this annual rite to a new level by sewing all of our Christmas pjs myself…READ MORE…. {Oh yeah, and those are pictures of me and my sister! Yes, [...]

Well, the kids set off to visit Mimi and Papa’s on Sunday. (That’s Mr. Fix-It’s mom and step-father). I’ve been suffering my normal mother-separation-anxiety woes along with a few hives and a headache–most from the fact that Mr. Fix-It refuses to call and check on them every 3-4 hours like I think he should.  But [...]

Well, it’s happened. We had to bail one of our crew out of jail. Our first juvenile delinquent. Perhaps we should re-consider her nickname. “Pen-Pen” seems a little ironic now. Thursday we got home from work and school in the dark (as usual at this time of year) and Penny wasn’t at the gate to [...]

I haven’t written much lately. I’ve been running around like a chicken with my head off and being dragged down by deep thoughts the whole time, but I just having felt like writing. Sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it just feels like oh so much fluff and I don’t have time for fluff. I [...]