when east meets south
Another day. Another snow day. Evidently, the weather is no respecter of my unbridled efforts to keep my driveway cleared. It has snowed, daily, since then. And between last night and this morning? We got another 12″. Pure insanity to this southern girl. So, in an effort to entertain themselves while waiting for the snow to slow down, they got… Read More
All said and done, we got about 20″ of snow. And the kids were pretty confident that they’d have another snow day today. They’re clearly not used to living this far north. The storm was over. The roads were plowed. Back to a typical New England winter, 20″ of snow later. Needless to say, the kiddos were pretty bummed. They’d… Read More
Vivienne’s favorite show (what did we do before DVR?) is Frosty the Snowman. She loves it so much, she even knows how to sing the song. Or at least her own version of the song. So when the snow finally came in a big way this morning, she watched from the window …anxiously. Just itching for her chance to get… Read More
Wow. Where have I been? Barely around at all. And yet, I am here. Oh, yes I am. Here at home. Haven’t left the house since Friday. The kidlets are sick. And getting sicker. There is a constant chorus of coughs around here. Cheeks flushed with fever. Little feet clamoring to the refrigerator to grab their juice cups. For the… Read More
Posted over on my photography blog. I’ve ignored it horribly, and I’m trying to butter it up by posting over there, yet again. Actually, I much prefer posting pictures over there because you can post ’em so darn big. And I love big. It was tough picking just 21 favorites. Out of thousands. Of course I tried to be sure… Read More
Oh my. Where to begin. Christmas 2010 was crazy. In a really, really good way. All the wrapping and shopping for nine kiddos? Oh, so worth it in the end. For moments like these. The Pillow Pets – “It’s a pillow, it’s a pet… it’s a Pillow Pet!” has been an all too familiar chorus around here for months –… Read More
… from all of us. Wishing you and yours… a very Merry Christmas.
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
Long ago, we decided to make the most of being a military family. Which means doing all we can to find every fun and free thing to do within reasonable driving distance of the place we currently call “home”. Since we’ve moved up here to New England, finding fun things to keep us busy has been a piece of cake…. Read More
We’ve spent many hours in the last six months wondering about the little one that would eventually join our family. Especially in the last few weeks, it’s been a frequent topic of conversation. But in the last few days, it’s been pretty much the only thing we talk about. So, for fun, I thought I’d compose a list of our… Read More