“Your belly looks squished, Momma.” “Is it so much smaller?” “Yep. Lots.” I think Sterling was trying to compliment my recent rapid weight loss. I’m taking it as such, anyhow.
Potatoes for lunch–or peels?
I set my bigger girls to peeling 20 potatoes for a dish for potluck tomorrow. Half an hour later, one dear daughter asked the question of the day. “Momma, do you need the peelings, or the potatoes?” Maybe I need to have them peel potatoes more often. Around here, skin stays on more often than […]
Yesterday, I washed the sheets on my bed. It had been far, far too long. Today, I’m washing our sheets again.Not cool, Pierce. Not cool. You could have at least waited a week to do that. *Edited. For those grammar geeks…
Pierce: 12 days old.
Just in case anyone was wondering, Ruby has gotten over the arrival of Pierce instead of Quincy. She’s just going to dress up Pierce instead. He’s slightly skeptical though. Really, can you blame him?
F for failure.
I took all of the kids to the grocery store by myself yesterday. We went to a small-town small store. How hard could this be? Setting myself up for failure, I know. Right about the time I thought I was doing all right, I heard a voice. Loud and getting louder, Ruby was in a […]
The joys of the English language. So confusing.
My kids love playing with old gift cards, etc. Sterling has a Subway card – and fond memories of the pepperoni sandwich he ate, purchased with said card. He brought it to me yesterday and asked if we could use it again and go to Subway. I told him we could not; there wasn’t any […]
Lumpy cereal: apology necessary or intentional mis-cooking?
As I’m apologizing to my children for this morning’s lumpy cream of wheat after trying to make it while nursing Pierce and finding the inability to stir and pour at the same time produced some massive lumps, I was met with a strange chorus. They love the lumps. Well, then. I did that on purpose, […]
It’s the Baby Bug.
We went to the farm show today. An older gentleman and younger gentleman stood looking at me for several seconds. Pierce was in the sling, I was pushing a stroller with three kids in it, and two more were walking beside it. Blaine had headed off to look at a tool booth. “Look at that.” […]
6 days old.
Shhh… Being a baby in a busy house is a lot of work.
Where I come from…
Ruby was waiting for her lunch, playing with her fork. “Just don’t comb your hair with your fork after you put it in your food,” I told her. Blaine started laughing. “What some people would assume was a given…” “Nothing can be assumed with Ruby,” I said. “The funny part of that statement is that […]
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