most of you know that chase has a speech impairment. he has been in speech therapy since he was 2 years old. our goal for him was for full remediation to take place before kindergarten starts. i am so thankful that we started him in therapy so early. it has made a huge difference. however…along […]
i’m not a huge fan of play dough. it makes such a mess. so, it may not be the play dough that i mind…but the mess. however, kids seem to love play dough. we have it. we just don’t use it. i always find some reason why we don’t need to play with play dough. […]
does anyone remember that movie? where the waitress starts talking to her customer and he says that if he wins a million dollars that he will share it with her, and then does…both. that movie is really beside the point. chad and i did so bad on our march madness, ncaa tournament picks, that we […]
i love spring break. i loved it then. i love it now. this week, we took it easy. relaxed. shot the breeze. kicked our shoes off. a lot of times, one thinks that one should go on vacation or have some big special activity planned for weeks like this. well…there is something to be said […]
a few things on my mind. some serious…which will not be talked about tonight, and some not so serious…which will be the topics of the evening. i’m not sure how i entertained myself before my 3 children. these days, i wake up every morning wondering how they will make me laugh today. and, it usually […]
this superhero “phase” is really hanging on. chase dresses up like superman or batman nearly every day. on saturday, he put on the bulky superman costume and then put a sweatsuit over that. you can see his cape hanging out the back in the picture. he then found a plastic pair of those coke bottle […]
The assignment was to write a paragraph about what your life will be like when you are 100 years old.
with all the disney and animated movies out…it’s enough to confuse a person. especially if you are aiden or chase. currently, the favorite movies to watch in our house are aladdin and beauty and the beast. we not only watch the movies…but listen to both movie soundtracks as well. as i type, aiden is dressed […]
this morning, i piled the kids in the suburban and began the short little drive to take colton to school. colton began freaking out that he forgot to get his rock out of his pocket and that if he didn’t bring his rock that they were doing a project with, he would get his clip […]
the past 2 days have been frustrating. for no big reasons that would make anyone mad or frustrated, but for little things that just seem to get under my skin. it has made me wonder if most days are like this for most people and it is just our present state-of-mind that determines how we […]