Snips and Snails and Puppydog Tails

We had a wonderful and relaxing Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny brought a big basket to our house (of which, of course, I did not get a picture) that included two movies, bubbles, water guns, airplanes, confetti-filled eggs, and some board books (for Sam, of course). I’m not sure who enjoyed the bubbles more, Sam [...]

For those of you (Sigmas) who hear that phrase and want to run screaming from the room, I apologize. Allow me to attempt to replace those horrific images with these adorable ones. Sam’s school had an Easter egg hunt and Easter parade today. I’ll leave you with some cute videos. Heading out to hunt Easter [...]

It’s been a while since I wrote about all the words Sam is saying. And now we can add small sentences to the list! They’re not truly “complete” sentences or grammatically correct (hey, remember, I was an English major), but they usually have a subject – often “Sammy” – and a verb. So, here’s a [...]

So, you know about 3 weeks ago I posted this about preparing for my friend’s wedding? Yeah…I totally slacked off on posting about how beautiful the wedding was! Here on Snips and Snails, that is. I did get this write-up done for the Texas Health Moms Momblog, which really sums up the whole day nicely. But, [...]

Can you guess what song they’ve been singing in school lately? (Okay, that one has some Itsy Bitsy Spider in it, but I couldn’t resist posting it because of his bouncy baby move there at the end) See? He CAN be sweet and quiet when he wants to be. Now, you can’t tell me that [...]

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 [...]

I resisted as long as I could. I really, really did. Sam looked so cute after his first haircut, but he also looked so grown up that I hated to keep it short. And I admit to being too lazy too busy to get to the barber shop any sooner. When Sam looked like this [...]

At Sam’s school this week, in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, each day had a theme. So, for your viewing pleasure, I’m sharing them with you. Monday: Crazy Sock Day Tuesday: Backwards (or inside out) clothes Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day Thursday: Crazy Hat Day He wasn’t so interested in crazy hat day. So he wore [...]

Sam is very into labeling lately, and not just straight labeling of objects or people, but also possessive labels: Mommy’s seat, Daddy’s coffee, Bear’s baseball, Bubba’s basketball.  (in your head, you should hear those in his little squeaky voice and the words sound more like teat, toffee, beeeessball, bas-eh-ball). But his latest label is one [...]

Don’t worry, this won’t be a mushy-gushy, lovey-dovey post…well, maybe a Mommy-type mushy-gushy post. Sam’s class had a Valentine’s Party at school today, and I was lucky enough to arrange to work from home today so I could attend. The parents all brought food for the party, though the kids really only zeroed in on [...]