Snips and Snails and Puppydog Tails

We’ve had some lovely weather lately; perfect for blowing bubbles. Sam will now take us through proper bubble blowing procedures. Now, to blow bubbles, you first need the right gear. And then you need MORE gear. Then, of course, you must test the bubble solution. . . with your bare hands. Next, you must practice […]

Wednesday nights the past 8 weeks have been sort of my favorite night of the week. Jacob and Bryan have basketball practice, so I get some good one-on-one (one-on-two?) time with Caleb and Sam. Last night was no different. As the three of us headed up to Chick-Fil-A to grab an oh-so-nutritious dinner (don’t judge, […]

Are you all singing the Black Eyed Peas song like I am now? I’m sure you’ll forgive me for getting that blasted song stuck in your head when you see the adorableness I have for you today. Sam has been running for a while, but he discovered this weekend that the space from the front […]

Sunday we went over to Bubbe and Zayde’s house in Frisco to celebrate Zayde’s birthday. Sam was most excited about going on a ride and going to “SEE HAYLEN!” (translation: See Hayden). Apparently Sam remembered having a good time playing with cousin Hayden at Hanukkah. (Well, maybe not, but I like that story because it’s […]

The lovely people at the Texas Health Resources Momblog have been kind enough to post another of my semi-organized ramblings today. (Thanks, btw!) 🙂 And like I said, before you throw things at me or state (the obvious) that I’m being a whiny-baby and that lots of other parents/families have a harder schedule than us, let me […]

Okay, so if you’re my Facebook friend (and if you’re not my Facebook friend, are we really friends?), you might already know this story. As I might have mentioned before, the big boys started basketball season this past weekend. At Jacob’s game, one of the refs had a little fun with the moms. He started […]

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 […]

Tonight, Bryan suggested Jacob try to work some on his own on the fundamentals of working with fractions and percentages and finding x as a percentage of y or what the percentage discount is if the original price is y and it sells for x, and I had flashbacks to middle and high school math. […]

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! […]

Yes, yes, I know I already did a yay 2012 post. But it was lame. So here’s one that’s (hopefully) better…and has pictures. I hope 2012 has very little of this: Lots of time for things like this: And this: And this: I hope 2012 has lots of moments that make me feel like this: […]