Monthly Archives: December 2011

Minutes before these pictures were taken, Harper was rolling on the floor screaming because we wouldn’t let her wear her tennis shoes with the dress she’s wearing.  Meanwhile, we were telling Hadley to stop pulling her dress over her head. … Continue reading →

The girls’ favorite Christmas book is A Charlie Brown Christmas, which I don’t mind at all.  Very cute story, and there are buttons you press throughout the story that play the songs and characters’ voices. We also have the movie … Continue reading →

When I was a teacher (here comes that blue tuxedo again), I would sometimes post a picture on the board and have the students use it as a writing prompt.  National Geographic magazine was fabulous for this sort of thing.  … Continue reading →

It’s not that the girls were naughty Sunday.  There were just circumstances that occurred that led Jesse and I to want to pull our hair out.  Like Harper’s exclamation, “Mommy!  I found the stamps!” minutes after she’d just had a … Continue reading →

Last year I wrote about a friend of Hadley’s that I named Bud.  He’s still around and I’m learning what a nice guy “Bud” is.  Certainly not the kind of person you should make rumors about regarding the number of … Continue reading →