My baby – that I first held in my arms when he was just 16 months old – is 6 now. And that called for a celebration. At his request, we had dinner at Chick-Fil-A. And a few presents. Then back home for the rest of the celebration. Jude chose a cookie cake, frosted in red. His new favorite color…. Read More
Chinese New Year: the wrap up
Whew. All done. They might celebrate for two weeks in China, but I guess I just don’t have that kind of stamina. We are wrapping up our festivities with just one. But, even on this last shoot with my two littlest peanuts, we had a blast doing it. They had seen their bigger brothers and sisters getting dressed in their… Read More
the boys’ turn
Today our Chinese New Year festivities continued. It was the boys’ turn. And, thankfully, the sun decided to show itself today. Not only that, but the temperatures were in the 60’s. I’ll take a day like that any day I can get it. Decked out in their new silks, the boys were ready to go. All they needed was some… Read More
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Today is the start of Chinese New Year. And, around these parts, that means bringing out the Chinese silks. And celebrating our kids’ Chinese heritage. I had every intention of trying to get everyone in their silks today. And pictures taken. But the sun just did not want to cooperate. Eventually, I just quit waiting and took the girls out… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {Sophie turns 8}
Her birthday list was made weeks ago. And posted on the refrigerator. Her pick of restaurants for her birthday meal was set, too. Birthday cake? Strawberry, please. All decided well before her big day. It’s easy to make a type-A kid like this happy. And we did our very best to do just that. On this, her eighth birthday. She… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {the graduate}
Can you believe it? I know I can’t. My baby girl is now a college graduate. I mean, I can believe she graduated. I just can’t believe she graduated, already. And, if you hadn’t already guessed, I am so very, very proud of her. She’s grown up so much in the last few years. Since she started college, she’s had… Read More
seventeen
My first born boy turns 17 today. He was actually due near the end of December. But he decided he preferred to have his birthday in January. My only child that had to be induced – I did all sorts of crazy things trying to get him to make his entrance into the world a bit early. Things I’ll never… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {Christmas in pictures}
*********************************************************** If you’re ready to link up this week with your Sunday (or Monday or Tuesday) Snapshot, just copy the code under the Snapshot button and paste it into the body of your post where you’d like the button to be displayed. Because it’s Christmas, and lots of y’all are probably otherwise occupied, I’m going to leave the link open… Read More
from our house to yours
my day.
I spent 1 hour this morning compiling recipes. Then 1 hour hustling to get everyone ready. And 1/2 hour to get to the commissary. Then close to 2 hours to complete the shop. And change a diaper. And go to the bathroom. And eat a few monster cookies. Three baskets of groceries, I kid you not. Another 1/2 hour to… Read More
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