Up at 5:30. Off to Boston at 8:00, as soon as the big kiddos got on the bus. It was clubfoot re-check for the three littlest at Boston Children’s today. Just a few problems with that, though. I absolutely detest driving in big cities. And I really didn’t want to be away from home today, since our LOAs were to… Read More
better late than…
I am a bad mommy. I sorta missed posting these pictures. Of a pretty major event in the life of a just-turned 5 year old. Jude’s birthday was in early February. And my calendar is telling me it’s already early April. Although we did celebrate, and I did get photographic proof, I hadn’t even edited these pictures… Read More
picture day
For the second time in one school year, it’s picture day. For me? Forms to fill out, checks to write, outfits to ready. But for the kids? It’s all fun. And seeing them so darn jazzed this morning… well, I just couldn’t help grabbing my camera just to capture the day. The girls chose to wear their Chinese silks. Dalton… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {these three}
These three. They have so many things they share. One of the biggest? They were all born with bilateral clubfoot. So, on our way out to the door today, I made them all sit down to let me snap a picture of them together. To remember these days. The days when their twice-yearly visit to Boston Children’s rolls around –… Read More
Jude = 5
He’s been home for three and a half years. And today he turned five. He woke this morning to a chorus of his brothers and sisters singing “Happy Birthday”. Not singing especially well, but he seemed to enjoy it. Okay, at least it succeeded in waking him up. As birthday boy, he was entitled to a few privelidges. He had… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {citizenship}
You’d think that our kiddos would have had these for a while. I mean, Sophie has been home for almost 5 years. And Jude almost 4. But since I traveled without Chris to bring Sophie and Jude home, a US Certificate of Citizenship was a $400+ fee and one loooong application away. For each kiddo. So, I did what most… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {hats}
We got some new hats in the mail the other day. It was reason enough to take everyone outside and try ’em out. Camera in hand, of course. Clearly, the kiddos were pretty darn excited. Other than birthdays and Christmas, there aren’t a whole lot of occasions that they get new stuff in the mail. I let them each pick… Read More
our family tree
Jude’s first school assignment was to make a family tree. The instructions called for each family member to trace and cut out their hand. And then each hand was to be a “leaf” placed on to the family tree. Our family tree, somehow, didn’t turn out at all like the example. Seems we are all leaves, and no “tree”. Here’s… Read More
picture day
School pictures are today. And as usual, I’m not terribly hopeful that, in one shot, the (heretofore unknown to my children) photographer is going to be able to capture my kiddos in a way that I want framed in an 8 x 10 lining our living room bookshelves. But year after year, I fork up the dinero and take my… Read More
Jude – first day of pre-K
Wow. To say I’m pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. A huge understatement. And honestly, after 21 years of mothering, it’s kinda hard to surprise me. But Jude? He did. All morning he couldn’t wait for the bus to come. Over and over he asked if it was time to get dressed. Time to pack his snack of Scooby-Doo fruit… Read More
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