OOur annual counting of the pennies! The kids like to go through all of our change and see how much it adds up to each year. They always hope there’s enough to go do something fun! I’m not sure why they decided to use Emily’s jewelry making organizer for this …

Isaw this game last year and wanted to buy it, but the Game Store that is only around during the holidays was out and I never did see one at any other store. This year I made a point to get there EARLY in Nov to see if they had …

You may have noticed from a few posts back that most of our family has been sick the last week or two. It’s not like me to stay in bed so I was up and about, but I sure didn’t accomplish as much as I would have in normal health …

Idon’t normally drink tea. However, a good friend of mine suggested it yesterday saying it might help my cold. I dug through the cupboards and found some. It’s steaming hot as you can see by the steam rising from the cup in this picture. It sure did taste good. I …

Aweek ago Monday, Nathan came home sick… coughing, runny nose, watering/matted eyes, fever/chills, etc. We were hoping the rest of us wouldn’t catch it, but we did. Everyone has their own preferred medication… so our counter looks like the local pharmacy right now. I’m the only one who doesn’t take …

Ok.. I know that’s a silly title, but GG falling is *not* silly. GG got up to go to the bathroom and fell down. She doesn’t remember what happened to make her fall down, but she does remember bumping her head on the counter. She is now sporting a HUGE …

We’ve been having this ongoing discussion with Nathan about not wearing diapers. For the most part he is potty trained except for wearing a diaper at night. However, he has decided that he doesn’t want to do “all” of his business (LOL) in the toilet. We’ve bribed, we’ve punished, we’ve …

So much for my intentions of recapping each day as we go along… I guess Tim was right. I barely have enough time to GET THROUGH the days let alone recap what we’ve done. Up by 5:30 each am and I don’t remember being in bed before midnight anytime in …

another 5:00 a.m. morning the normal routine… blah, blah, blah *Amanda got called into work before 8:00… see note in gingerbread post*worked on gingerbread and school all morning and afternoon…. quite a sight to see if you’re not used to merging life and school. math drills while cutting out gingerbread… …

OIn an effort to be “real,” I’m going to post some pictures that you will NOT see very often! Yet more reason “why” I just can’t do a lot of the things I’d like to do these days as mentioned in my WHY AREN’T YOU post. Now you can really …