Joshua burst my bubble the other day. After a whole winter of people telling me I look like a Disney Princess (Anna from Frozen), and walking around feeling pretty good about myself……la-te-da….. Joshua says, “You don’t really look like Anna to me. You gotta take us to go see How to Train Your Dragons 2! Hiccup’s mom is who you really look like! I mean, you might look a little like Anna, but really you look like Hiccup’s Mom!! Can […]
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Yes, I actually made this. Nope, it wasn’t hard. Today I am going to tell you the entire step by step process for how to make a school supply cake like this one. If I can do it, anyone can. I’m always saying I’m not a crafty person, but then I do have so much fun putting stuff like this together. I’m beginning to wonder if I actually DO enjoy crafts after all…. Next week is Staff Appreciation Week at […]
» Read moreLots of little things are going on here in the House of Many Little Men…. This is the thing I’m most excited about: JD is getting ready to take off. Each day he finds his way onto his hands and knees just a little bit more. He is also SERIOUS about his “standing practice.” He just loves to be on his feet. He’s extremely unsteady when you walk him, and yet the boy will randomly just let go of your […]
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We did manage to squeeze in one day of adventure during Spring Break. My parents were visiting, and there were still a lot of DC spots that they had never seen, so we headed into town. Believe it or not, my parents, the 4 boys, and I all fit into one minivan. : ) One of Joshua’s friends came over to play while we were gone, and Alan answered the door. Alan was under the weather, so he couldn’t go […]
» Read moreRemember last Easter, when I was about 7 months pregnant and I totally forgot to prepare for Easter? I joked that I had fallen very short of the “golden Baptist standard of Easter Sunday.” Well, boo-yah!!! Look who planned ahead this year!!!!! Are those MATCHING outfits??? Why,yes, they are! We’ve come a long way, baby. (For a refresher on last Easter, just click here.) (ahem…..that is a joke. Easter is not about clothing, of course….sometimes it may feel like […]
» Read moreNew York in the fall has nothing on DC in the spring! Ah, Spring, that glorious time of year when I want to wear short sleeves, but I can’t find them. My nose is stuffy, my eyes itch, and yet for some reason I feel wholly and ridiculously happy. I want to hug the spring this year–every zyrtec requiring moment of it is pulling me out of the dark-ish zone I’ve been inhabiting for too long to admit! This spring […]
» Read moreWhat I look like, every single time, right after giving birth: This was a few days after I had Caleb. I weighed about 170 pounds in this photo. And this is what I normally look like: That’s a 35 pound difference. (After all, a few pounds actually DO belong to the baby.) This is not my favorite topic: weight loss. I don’t like discussing it because it often makes us feel bad. Maybe it’s just me, but when […]
» Read moreToday Alan and I helped out with 1st and 2nd grade children’s church. The usual teachers were out of town, but they left their young adult children to teach the class. They just asked Alan and me to come and help with crowd control. Easy job for us. I felt like such a tough guy–being in charge of behavior. I had to put forth extra effort not to let this role get to my head because I was on a […]
» Read moreJohn David is now 9 months old, so I figured it was time for another “remember when” kind of post. Check them out!!! This collage has each of my boys, at 9 months of age. Can you tell which baby is which?? Isn’t it funny how people think JD is chubby???? He’s our thinnest baby ever. ; ) You can definitely tell which boy is so old that I don’t have very many digital pictures of him. I did have […]
» Read moreI tend to start my days off really, really slowly. I drag myself downstairs, or usually one of the boys drags me down the stairs. I feed people. I make myself coffee. An hour later, I’m fully awake and ready to tackle the day. I make a list and have GREAT BIG, HUGE plans to save the world and solve all of my problems that day. I begin crossing things off my list. Mishaps happen along the way, and by […]
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