Snips and Snails and Puppydog Tails

Today started the big boys’ basketball seasons. Caleb kicked us off with the first game of the day at 9 am. His team, the Giants, played his “old” team, the Bulldogs. It was a tough loss, but the Bulldogs are known for blowing out their opponents and the Giants hung tight with them until the [...]

First, you have to wash and dry the strawberries. Next, you have to melt the chocolate. It is imperative that you have a more-than-willing (and devastatingly handsome) accomplice helper! And, of course, you have to get sufficiently messy. Finally, after *lots* of labor, you have beautiful finished product. And lastly, you enjoy the finished product! [...]

Our holidays are always busy and full, and this year, with Hanukkah and Christmas overlapping and my having lots of time off in December, the holidays were also full of travel. After spending several wonderful days in League City with my family, we made the trek back home so we could enjoy the Daneman family [...]

We’ve been pretty busy lately, so I’ve been a little MIA. Look for a flurry of posts to come. We hosted everyone for Thanksgiving, and all had a wonderful, wonderful time. Food abounded, lots of family time. But the best part to come out of Thanksgiving? Some AMAZING pictures that Caleb took with my camera. [...]

Since they’re headed up here for Turkey day (two visits in one month! I’m so excited I can hardly stand it! ) and I’ve mentioned it in two different posts (here and here), I thought I better do a write up about Mom and Dad’s (Grandma and Grandpa or, less and less frequently, Grandma Ann [...]

Y’all remember the post a while back about Sam’s Baby Squashes? Well, tonight I was videoing Sam dancing to Jack’s Big Music show (I promise, videos to follow soon) and of course my memory card filled up. In looking for things to delete off the card, I came across this video from late August. I [...]

Well, it seems I’m running about a week behind. I’ll catch up eventually…right? (Someone please tell me it’s possible – I hate being so far behind!) Last week, on November 5, our fabulous Caleb turned eight years old! Caleb is one of the most wonderful kids in the world. He’s smart as a whip (sometimes [...]

It’s November 9, so that means it’s time for a Halloween post, right? Oh, yeah…sorry…such is the life of a busy working mom. However, we did have a fun and fabulous Halloween, complete with pumpkin searching: And what’s the point of having pumpkins if you’re not going to carve them? And, the finished scary pumpkins! [...]

Well, this really will come as no surprise to my readers (because we all know my children are like Mary Poppins, Practically Perfect In Every Way), but there’s an official “Kid with Character” at my house! Caleb was named the Granger Wrangler Kid with Character for his class in the first six weeks. This is [...]

That my kids are smarter than me. Caleb and I were watching Jurassic Park today. I’ve seen the movie easily a dozen times; it’s one of my favorites, and I still jump every. single. time one of the dinosaurs jumps out. Caleb barely bats an eye at the dinosaurs jumping everywhere and eating things. I [...]