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May 2010

May 27, 2010

Spoken like a True Sanguine

Any of you who share my fascination with the four temperaments will appreciate this.Me (hyperventilating...

May 26, 2010

Overheard in the Car

Boy 1: "I'm thinking of a number between ten thousand and 6 million." Mom thinks,...

May 25, 2010

Milk Allergy Update: It’s Yellow, Folks!

Ladies, I want to thank all of you for your words of advice regarding a...

May 12, 2010

Milk Allergy?

Once again, I'm seeking the expert advise of all of you wonderful moms and dads...

May 04, 2010

Small Bedtime Victories

Bedtime can be unnerving for parents, especially when there are uncooperative children and/or fussy babies...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Train Tracks

Friends, I am looking for your recommendations on the best websites from which to purchase...

April 28, 2010

Abandonment

My husband and I play a little game with the boys when we hit a...

April 26, 2010

How Does Your Garden Grow?

We've been having some fun with planting this spring, thanks to Christopher's interest in gardening...

April 26, 2010

Holly’s First Holy Communion

I just have to post these because I know that you will all want to...

April 19, 2010

What We’ve Been Up To

Giving our little sister lots of love, sleeping in new rooms, dying Easter eggs (yes,...

April 11, 2010

Picture Perfect

My sister was in town for Easter, and in the past few years she has...

April 07, 2010

Tom Sawyer Moment

Neighbor children are now vacuuming my pool, because I made it look so fun! Suck...

April 07, 2010

Brain Teaser

See if you can solve this one:"Mommy, yesterday I go to swimming lessons tomorrow!"What does...

April 05, 2010

poetry lessons

Our family tradition is that the Easter leaves rhyming couplets telling each child where their...

April 05, 2010

Why I need a camera on my phone

h/t to Jonathan for the photo

April 04, 2010

Easter

So adorable in the Easter morning sunlight, the serenity is written all over their sweet...

March 2010

March 26, 2010

Down with Grass

Ladies, Christmas may be 9 months away, but Easter is 9 days away and I...

March 22, 2010

Hand over the wash rag

My two year old son Gus teaches me a lot about life. The little guy...

March 19, 2010

What My Boys Are Teaching Me These Days…

-band-aids are a necessary item at all times (even in a mom's purse!) and you...

March 18, 2010

The Greatest Gift

Dear readers ~ I wrote the following post for our church's mothers' group (St. Anne...

March 11, 2010

In the “should have known better” department

Leo got a "baby einstein" video for Christmas from an uncle. He asked to watch...

March 09, 2010

Porn Shop in your back seat?

So, I have been spending some time on FaceBook after realizing that my kids already...

March 03, 2010

Habla español?

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that my 4 year old knows more Spanish than...

March 01, 2010

Potty Talk

Even with 4 children successfully wearing undies night and day, I consider myself a potty...

February 2010

February 26, 2010

You’re Excused

Gone are the days of “my dog ate my homework” and other lame excuses. As...

February 12, 2010

I Get to Keep Them

We are preparing for our world to turn upside down in a month when we...

February 09, 2010

Another Nor-easter!

Another storm is coming, the 3rd big storm of the season. I posted about a...

February 05, 2010

Pink Laundry

A few month's ago on our family's site, I posted about our burgeoning laundry pile...

January 2010

January 28, 2010

Do You See What I See?

We recently discovered, with the help of our son's teacher, that he needs glasses. We...

January 27, 2010

How Do You Carry Baby?

As my due date draws nearer, I have been gathering all of the items that...