Snips and Snails and Puppydog Tails

Sam had his 2 year well-check today and he did great! He stood on the big boy scale for the first time, and he did great! He didn’t fuss at all when the nurse (Brandi, or, as Sam called her, Bandee) measured his head and listened to his heart and lungs. He laid down for […]

WHAT A PARTY! As you might have heard, someone special in my life turned two a week ago. Of course, we had to throw a party to celebrate such a momentous occasion. Lots of family and friends came and were nice enough to bring presents and join us for hotdogs and sliders and cake and […]

Cake, that is. With Sam’s second birthday just around the corner (AAAAAAACK!), I’ve started thinking about what to do for his birthday cake. I had about decided I’d do the busy-working-mom thing and order a cake from Kroger. But when I stopped by Sara’s house to drop off a Blues Clues cake pan (because she’s […]

All week, Sam has been excited about “Happy Bir-day, Lily.” Even after Bear’s baseball game, as he decimated his post-game cupcake, he talked about “Sun-ay” and “Sing. Happy Bir-day, Lily.” And of course, “Have cupcakes, Sun-ay.” Imagine my disappointment Saturday morning when he woke up running fever. He was pretty pitiful all day. He wanted […]

Yep, folks, it’s baseball season (well, MLB, anyway, little league has been going for a few weeks now). The Rangers had Opening Day on Good Friday, April 6, 2012. And for the 11th year in a row, I got to attend with my department. It’s one of the many perks I get at my job-plus, […]

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 […]

You know the saying, “April showers bring May flowers?” Well, in Texas, we like to be a little ahead of everyone else. But now that we’ve officially passed the first day of Spring on the calendar, I can officially say: Now, those of you who know me well (or even not that well) know that […]

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, […]

Jacob’s baseball team, the Keller Aces, had their first tournament this past weekend. They played two games on Saturday resulting in one loss and one tie. (He had already played a basketball game Saturday morning and Friday night, and Caleb had played a basketball game on Saturday, so to say it was a full sports […]