Daffodil Days

(This was the post that came before the vanilla extract post. I’m really just curious to see if my picture links still work. Originally published 7 Mar 2008)
Last Saturday was N.’s day to help make dessert. We had a great time
together!
Disclaimer: Don’t panic about the 5th of Vodka on the counter. It is
actually homemade vanilla [...]

J.E. has said a couple of things lately that just cracked me up. The first was Sunday morning. I pulled a pair of hand me down shoes out of the shed for J.E. at the last minute and one of them didn’t have a lace. I ran to the bedroom and found the perfect lace [...]

Today we skipped all of our Saturday obligations and enjoyed a lazy Saturday. It was WONDERFUL. I wish we could do it every Saturday!! I even stayed in my pjs until 10 AM!! We didn’t bother with breakfast until about 10:30 when we had homemade waffles with butter and syrup:

After dad returned from his [...]

W. passed his green belt test. Dad, A. and W. are at the awards ceremony right now. I had to stay home with N. and the littles because N. has a sore throat and feels really crummy.
W.’s gear will be in next week so stay tuned for a more detailed update with pictures [...]

I had hoped to post a video of N.’s first dance recital (which is tomorrow) but we’ve all got a bad cold. I’ll be very surprised if we make it so I’m going to post this video instead. This was taken after her very first ballet class 2 weeks ago. She’s taking a 3 week [...]

Oh how we all love strawberry season. Last year we found an amazing organic strawberry farm whose berries literally taste like they are from heaven. We were so lucky this year that the strawberry farm hit it’s peak on the week we are having spring break and dad is on vacation. We spent some time [...]

I had all five children at the grocery store with me a few days ago and we got all the usual comments: “are they all yours?”, “you have your hands full,” etc. But really, five is easier than one. Am I serious? 100%.
When baby #1 came along, I was totally green. I had only babysat [...]

From Abe and Fred

If you have not yet discovered my sweet hubby’s blog, today is the day to check it out. Father’s Tales had me literally crying with laughter today at his accurate account of yesterday’s trip to the museum.