Twirls 'n Curls

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I haven't written a miscellaneous post in ages, and my randomness has been adding up: 1.  My oldest is growing up too fast, and she loves it.  Her favorite expression is, "I haven't done that since I was five!" The only thing is, her birthday was just last week!  She lost her first tooth this morning, and I was surprised to feel a little sad and nostalgic.  I mean, I'm the one who saw that tooth finally popping through when she was 9 months old, and I was so proud! Now she's the proud one, and the tooth is in a baggie under her pillow...     Her self-confidence is amazing.  She saw this picture and gasped, "Don't I look prettier than I was before?!" 2.  Dinner Fail:  I had a crazy-busy day yesterday, even busier than usual for a Sunday, so in the morning I put a package of tortillas in the cool oven to thaw for a quick dinner.  Then, later at the store, I decided to grab some pizzas because we were having company.  I rushed hom...

I walked right into it.  After surviving (and enjoying!) the busy Christmas season, I just didn't have the energy to throw Linsey a super-mega birthday party two weeks later, like we've done the past couple of years.  So I casually mentioned to her that maybe we could get a couple of her friends together to go to the movies and possibly sleep over. Well, a couple became three, then four, then six little kids in all...and I just had to write about our fun, in honor of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie:"     If You Take Six Kids to the Movies If you take six kids to the movies, they'll probably want to order some popcorn (a BIG one!). If you divide the large popcorn evenly among six kids, you're going to need to get the free refill. If you refill the large popcorn and continue to let the kids eat to their heart's content, they're going to be thirsty. Really thirsty. If they get thirsty, you're either going to have to cough up a lot more money ...

Dictionary.com describes mother as: "a female parent."       That's all we get in the dictionary! Not, death-defying life-bringer, supernanny, premier chef, free chauffeur...just "female parent." So I've taken the liberty of making up a few of my own words to describe our job, words that really should be a part of our English language: Mamanucleosis – the permanent feeling of exhaustion often associated with being a mother. Momniscience – the belief small children hold that their mothers know everything; this usually fades away well before the teenage years Mamachromatic – the color palette of a mother’s wardrobe after giving birth, mainly blacks and grays Cinemama –the entertaining of young children at the doctor’s office or in a long line without the convenient use of electronics Mamagram – love notes written on napkins and put in children’s lunchboxes Momster – what mothers turn into when their children come out of...

The girls and I were praying for snow, so we were thrilled to get about an inch or so last week!  Our local school was even called off because there were no snow plows - Linsey was only slightly disappointed to find out that home school was still in session :) Here are some of our favorite pics:  "Winter is a time for... sledding... a nd smiling... for snowmen... and snow angels... and for some snow eatin', blanket wearin', Daddy-snugglin' fun!" Happy winter, everyone!  Enjoy it, you'll thaw out soon enough =)

"Mama, Grandma and Grandpa sure love each other," Linsey, our 5-year old, said out of the blue one day. "Yes, honey, they sure do," I replied. "Sometimes I even see them kiss!" she added, giggling.  Then she thought for a minute, "But I see you and Daddy kiss a lot more than they do." "Well, Daddy and I are younger than they are.  Plus, you're around us a lot more - you see Daddy and me all the time!" "Yeah," she interrupted, "And you want us to see what true love looks like, for when we grow up and get married, right??" "Exactly!!" I've thought about that little conversation so many times this past week.  The profound thoughts that come from our kids...the fact that they understand so much more than we think they do.  But mostly, the realization that my little girl is intentionally looking to US to see what true love looks like!!  And what she learns from our marriage will have a huge...