Maybe one day…
An excerpt from my conversation with my eldest after I picked her up from school yesterday:
An excerpt from my conversation with my eldest after I picked her up from school yesterday:
In the words of the Kindergartener herself: Yes. Yes, they do. I’d say the three little people in my care have “sperit” to spare. And, the youngest one has been using some of that “sperit” to play a fun new game in the bathroom. I’ve discovered why she thinks this is so exciting. It’s all…
Day one was entertaining. We went sledding and built a snowman. We drank hot “warm” chocolate. We ate chili and made cookies. We did snow day things, and enjoyed the beauty of the wintry landscape and the respite of a peaceful day at home. Day two was a little inconvenient, but we managed to make…
I like this time of year better than almost any other season. I love October, but I think there’s something especially enchanting about mid-November. The weather is still nice, anticipation for the holidays is building, but the frantic pace of the season has not yet taken hold of everyone. If only we could camp out here for…
Whenever I had a cold growing up, my dad used to always say, “Well, I can put you on some medicine for that and you’ll probably feel better in 7 days, or you can let it run its course and you’ll be well in a week.” I found his refusal to treat the common cold…
Yesterday while I was checking in at the front desk at the Y {for swim lessons, not for personal exercise lest anyone be impressed}, the Preschooler kept tugging at my arm and whispering something I couldn’t understand. When I was finally able to bend down close enough to hear her I realized what it was…
Whenever I pick the girls up from school or church or after a sport or activity they’ve been participating in, I have a habit of asking them, “What did you learn today?” I’m sure the question annoys them at times, but when they feel like they’ve really learned something new or special, they’re always so…