Oct 28 2011
When you combine: One brown sweatsuit (size 24 mos) Several pieces of craft felt: Some tan-ish curtain tie-back cording: And a semi-cooperative 18-month old? Why, just the MOST PRECIOUS puppy dog (or, as Sam says, Say-Say) EVER And one more (for good measure) from the school party
Oct 18 2011
Yesterday morning when I dropped Sam off at school, I noticed a sign on the door asking for candy wrappers (by Wednesday) for a special art project. Now, I bought Halloween candy at the store on Saturday, but threatened everyone (read: Daddy and myself) within an inch of their lives if they got into it […]
Sep 22 2011
Today I had hoped to post all amped up from all I’d learned at the Women in Leadership Symposium: Rising Above the Ordinary being hosted at TCU today. I was really excited about the symposium – the topics discussed were right up my alley: Being Your Own Advocate, Personal Finance, Breaking Through Middle Management, Maximizing […]
Aug 31 2011
Because it’s impossibly hot, and they’re all impossibly precious.
Aug 29 2011
Every day it seems that Sam shows us something new that he’s learned. He’s getting to be a Big Boy so fast–faster than I am ready for. Examples of Sam’s Big Boy status– He willingly gives up the paci when it’s not naptime, bedtime, or other cranky times. He even uses Paci as a bargaining […]
Aug 28 2011
The game room upstairs is the Land of All Things Lego, the big boys’ domain. Until recently. We’ve been doing some household clean out, and that included the upstairs game room. (Never fear, the Legos are still around, just put away differently.) I’ve mentioned that we’re sort of a sports family, right? Well, no sports […]
Aug 25 2011
TIME OUT! The two words a toddler most hates to hear. (Okay, okay, the two words a toddler second-most hates to hear – “No!” is probably the word a tot most hates to hear.) Sam knows these words. He’s known Time Out since early July, and experienced Time Out more often than he’d like since then, […]
Aug 18 2011
Sam has lately been trying to figure out how to jump. It’s really cute and he thinks it’s the funniest. Game. EVER. On Monday, his big brothers were trying to teach him how, and I actually got it on film. But, um. . . what do you think he says when he falls down? (I […]
Aug 14 2011
The crayons were a huge hit today! After Sam finished breakfast this morning, I unveiled his new treat. I taped a piece of paper to his high chair tray (so it wouldn’t move around so much – thank you for the tip, random parenting article that I can’t recall anything else about right now) and […]
Aug 11 2011
Sam loves to pretend he’s one of the Big People by putting on Daddy’s or Bubba’s or Bear’s hats. He recently discovered our shoes, too. In Texas, it is apparently required to get a picture of your small child playing in someone’s cowboy boots. We don’t own cowboy boots (Bryan might have some in the […]