"I win!" 1 Jun 2013 | 07:03 pm

Friday evening I watched the kids play tic-tac-toe on the iPad together after dinner. They were both laughing and yelling "I win!" over and over. Hannah loved it because she had an enthusiastic oppone...

may in photos 28 May 2013 | 07:29 am

Preschool visited a dairy farm. Hannah is into stacking cups. We're working on addition and subtraction. Hannah thinks this is a game, and it is such fun! We visited the Butler bulldog. Hannah is bet...

Hannah's first lemonade stand 28 May 2013 | 07:16 am

The sweetest lemonade in town could be found for sale in our driveway during our garage sale. Hannah's first lemonade stand was a success and made over thirty dollars. Pretty good for a little girl wh...

language explosion 28 May 2013 | 12:58 am

We've been enjoying Hudson's language explosion over the month of May.  It thrills me that he's able to express himself.  We get little surprises every day with new things he has to say, and sometimes...

Redirect: America through the eyes of my TCKs 11 Apr 2013 | 07:27 pm

I'm enjoying Morgan's blog.  She's a Texan, living in Taiwan with her family, and is now an adoptive mama too.  They are visiting the states with their family for several months before returning to Ta...

Hannah's grocery list 11 Apr 2013 | 12:33 pm

On Tuesday Hannah went through the pantry and made a grocery list of things she'd like to buy.  She copied the words off of packaging.  Kevin texted me this pic while I was at work.  I *love* this!!! ...

"I wuv you!" 9 Apr 2013 | 08:14 pm

My mama's heart swells. While putting Hudson to bed last night he said back to me for the first time, "I wuv you!" and blew me a kiss back. It's okay with me if he never stops saying "dad-doo" for th...

Easter 3 Apr 2013 | 09:58 am

I'm a bad blogger: Feb/March photo dump 26 Mar 2013 | 07:18 am

I'm a pretty bad blogger these days. I'm busy with sticky.  Waking up at 3am for the crying child. Trying not to yell and be patient when someone spills half a box of Cheerios on the floor. At thos...

Hannah's Rapunzel Birthday Party 30 Jan 2013 | 07:52 pm

Hannah has been talking about wanting a Rapunzel birthday party for nearly a year. This weekend, she got her wish! We played a version of pin the tail on the donkey. Two little princesses remarked ...