This past weekend the oldest two girls and I went to Alabama to watch my brother graduate from the Air Force JAG Training program. My grandfathers both served in World War II, and my dad was in the Navy Reserve, but I’ve never been on a military base or known much about active duty military…
These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of end of the school year activities. Every time I think about sitting down to write a quick post, I remember I was supposed to send in juice boxes or fruit snacks for another party. There is so much festivity in May. And, so many snacks! We…
Fairly routinely the girls like to stir up conversations about mine or the Spouse’s childhood. It amuses them to think about what it was like growing up in the days before smartphones, iPads, and on-demand television. So, last week I was talking to them about how my early childhood TV was a huge piece of…
Up until this point, the Toddler has not talked much beyond her basic set of essential words. Of course, with the amount of talking her sisters do, there’s hardly any available airtime. But, recently, she has started verbally expressing herself more often with words and the occasional phrase. This is great, except that she speaks…
Our weekend went by in a flash. We still managed to get plenty of costume changes in, though… Yesterday the Preschooler put this festive ensemble together: Then, she informed me that the UT dress is the dress she’s going to wear for her wedding. This is the Toddler saying, “Wait a minute…” Neither…