We took Juliette for a walk this afternoon. Thankfully the majority of our neighbors had shoveled or snowblowed their walks. And thankfully there were many snowbanks for Devin to frolic in. But you should have seen how big his eyes got when he spied the enormous snowbank in the church […]
The theme for today’s snow day? Star Wars
Blizzards aren’t typical events. The last snow dump of this magnitude we had was when Scott and I were living in Chicago in January 1999. We didn’t have a kid back then. (Instead, I played the child-like part, ooohing and aaahing as the snow poured down outside our window.) Kids […]
What do little boys do at a Snowball Dance?
They run around pretending they’re gladiators. Or they chase girls who are wearing boas. They don’t actually dance unless you bribe them. And then they’re likely to just stand still while you try very hard to get them to groove to the beat.
So, yeah, I have a blog, don’t I?
I’m not sure sometimes. I think fondly of this site, but I don’t seem to find the time to give it love lately. With the dreary grey coldness of January in Michigan, though, I need to push myself to focus on my creativity. That was fairly easy to do when […]
Feeling disconnected
I don’t get emails from my friends anymore. We went from one new technology to another one so quickly. Now everyone seems to be on Facebook or some other social meeting spot. Including me, of course. But now I’m starting to feel the communication shifting in a negative direction. Sound […]
Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with “c”
Ah, a chance to blog. And I’ve no words to spew forth. Simply due to the tiredness that comes from baking and decorating 40 sugar cookies. Yes, making cookies is tiring. There’s the rolling and chilling and cookie cutting and more rolling and more cooking cutting and baking and checking […]
Hellooooo, Harry!
I think I’m a 6-year-old boy disguised as a grown woman. When the Harry Potter Legos showed up on the shelves, Devin was thrilled. But I was too. We’re on Harry Potter 6 right now and it’s just so much fun to read those books together. Even though I’d already […]
He’s six, ya know
I shouldn’t be surprised when I ask him to pose with me and he does this, right?
Whose bright idea was it to go into the corn maze?
Oh, that’s right. It was mine! Next time? Slap me. 75-degree heat is not the most comfortable environment for tromping around between dried-out husks of corn in a 5-acre maze. It seemed like a lot of fun for the first 10 minutes or so. Until the sweat started running down […]
Ups and downs
Life has them, doesn’t it? I’ve been on more of a rollercoaster lately when it comes to my emotions. I prefer feeling a bit more steady about things, but I’ll accept that every day can’t be blue skies and butterflies. The skies are definitely blue today, though. I’m looking forward […]