Faith, Family, Adoption, Outdoors
Don’t get me wrong, I love my boys. But the other night Clint and I were washing the dinner dishes when the boys go running through the living room each holding onto one end of an exercise resistance band. Leighton doesn’t have pants on, and Caedmon is carrying the flyswatter. They are laughing and giggling […]
MoreThat is a question we hear frequently in our house. Usually it is yelled in total panic. You see, Jesus is Jesus in our house, but we also have, Jesus. Let me introduce you to him: I know, not quite the picture that you had in your mind, but yes the popsicle shaped man is […]
MoreThere seems to have been a memo sent around my household sometime in the last week that mentioned that clothing was optional. I did not receive this particular memo and I’m trying to track down its origins. Of note, my husband seemed to have received the opposite memo though, as it’s gotten slightly cooler (ie […]
MoreI spent the morning on the preschool field trip to one of the local pumpkin patches. We took a little tour and saw old machinery, sheep, chickens, a donkey and a array of other farm animals. I think the kids love the straw maze the best. As I drove Leighton and one of the other […]
MoreDear Little One- They told us in our adoption class that grieving was a part of this process. And it comes from many different sources. When we can finally call you ours it will be one of the happiest days of our lives, but probably the saddest day of your life as you leave and […]
MoreWhile driving with Leighton earlier today we were talking about how to say “thank you”. His preschool class has been learning basic Spanish. The conversation went a little like this- “Mommy I know how to speak Spanish” “Oh, really?” “Yes, I say, “Gracias” and that means thank you in Spanish” “That’s right Leighton” “Yeah, […]
MoreBeing a mom, I’m not real sure what the fascination is between boys and bugs. I like to look at lady bugs and I love watching butterflies flitter across my garden and I always get excited if I get to see a praying mantis, but bugs are bugs, and even then they are creepy crawlies. […]
MoreCaedmon has reached the age where he likes to do what he sees the rest of us doing. I remember this stage with Leighton, but it seems more pronounced and apparent with Caedmon, perhaps because he has a bigger brother that he is following and imitating. One of the areas that I have seen this […]
MoreI don’t know what it was that sent Leighton into a tail spin tonight. Somehow we went from playing happily to having a full out melt down by the end of bath time. In all honesty I think we’ve had a number of busy days and he is exhausted. He, however, is very much like […]
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