Now: Girl, Twirling

This is more “now-ish” than strictly now. Tonight, as Eleanor was trying to help us forget she needed a bath, she found a hula hoop in our neighbor’s garage. She was really hoping to hide, but couldn’t keep her delight in the discovery. She yelled for me to come see her and the “hoopaloop.” It [...]

Now: Goodbye Pre-K

three

Here’s my post from three years ago tonight.
So I’m sitting here on the sofa, waiting to have a baby. I’m scheduled for induction tomorrow, sometime between 3am and 7am. I could get a phone call as early as 2am, or anytime after that, and I’m expected to arrive at the hospital within an hour of [...]

hair-raising good time

Haircuts and kids are always an adventure. Oliver has gotten better about it over the years, which is a very good thing since his hair grows fast and looks best very short. Eleanor mostly gets hysterical when I even mention cutting her hair. We’ve done a few bang trims at home without much of a [...]

a gorilla and the best banana ever

a gorilla and the best banana everOriginally uploaded by clumberkim
Here’s the annual photo of the kids on the front lawn, just prior to embarking on a little Halloween fun. (see also last year’s photo, and the year before that)
Once again, Oliver chose the costumes back in August, but I think it is the last [...]

I want my, I want my, I want my NPR

In an effort to break the monotony of Music Together CDs in the car I finally broke down and bought Songs from the Street, a 3 CD set of classics from Sesame Street. It’s great, until we’ve listened to it for two weeks straight. At that point, R.E.M. and Hootie & the Blowfish make me [...]

ladies and gentlemen

Pardon me as I ease back in to this blogging stuff. Apparently I have a bit of a performer on my hands. A ham, even. Though he left his old school a couple of weeks ago, he was invited back for the end-of-year party and puppet show. His teacher gave him the emcee and stage [...]

click clack coma

It’s been forever since I posted a picture of the kids. Bubba got in there as a bonus. Eleanor’s hair is long enough for pigtails now, and Oliver looks more grown up every day.
Tuesday nights require Scholastic DVD since CD has a conference call during the time he usually amuses the kids while I cook. [...]

nom nom nom

My boss shared Wilbur Buds with us at our holiday party on Wednesday. Wilbur’s is an interesting story. I look forward to taking the kids to the factory in Lititz, PA someday.

helpful

Sorry for the lack of photographic evidence tonight. I was too busy trying to figure out how to properly adjust my MacBook so Aunt Suzy could witness local events. Oh how I long for the old iSight cameras that clipped on and were nicely adjustable. What the heck am I going to do at Christmas? [...]