I met Leann about two and a half years ago. She was one of Izzy’s music class teachers. After JoJo was born and I decided that I wanted to go back to work we brought Leann on as our part-time nanny. We brought Leann with us on weekend trips once to Vegas and most of [...]
That was the question that Izzy asked me a couple weeks ago. “Mommy, why do we have Easter eggs?” Well, I didn’t have the right answer. But it did spur a good discussion about what Easter is really about and why we celebrate Easter. Then a sweet lady at Bible study introduced me to these [...]
I don’t think any parent is quite ready for the process of selecting a school for their child. I know we were not! Originally when we moved into our neighborhood we were comfortable with the schools that are within walking distance of us. They’re all “grade A” schools and test well in all the standardize [...]
Our girls are 28 months apart. Translation, that means that Izzy was in the first few months of the terrible twos when JoJo was born. While JoJo was a fairly quiet and content baby, Izzy was…well…TWO! Unfortunately that didn’t get better when she turned three. For all you people out there, this is how it [...]
Luke turned another year older! On his birthday, I asked Izzy what she’d like to get daddy for his birthday. She thought about it for a couple minutes then said very decisively “a bear”. So with that in mind, we headed to Build-A-Bear where the girls stuffed a bear for daddy. His bear got two [...]
When Izzy was a few months old, I bought her lovey (as people here call it). It’s a little pink square blanket with a Pooh bear head stuck to it. I bought two so I could rotate them in and out of the washer. Izzy loves her bears. One she calls “shakey bear” (because it [...]
My little girl is getting bigger and older!! It’s hard to believe that it’s been 4 years since Isabelle joined our lives. On Izzy’s birthday, the intent was to fill her room with pink and purple balloons. Unfortunately she had a rough night so the balloons were outside her door when she woke up. I [...]
This year we were home for the holidays. It was nice to not have to travel and fight the crowds. We just stayed home, went to the Christmas Eve service at church, made Christmas cookies and opened presents on Christmas morning. I’ll admit it was somewhat boring, but it was nice to have this Christmas [...]
Every year I make gifts for Izzy’s teachers/coaches. This year, time got away from me and it was only last week that I realized that I forgot to get that together! This year I needed to include JoJo’s teachers meaning double the number of gifts. So I threw some things together. I bought some cute [...]
