Summer in November?

Even if it only lasted a few days, the weather this past weekend was nicer than most this past summer here in Chicago.  We spent our days outside taking walks, wagon rides, at the park, lake and bike trails and eating ice cream.   
I have to say “The Plush Horse”, our end of the summer [...]

Got the Itch

We love to travel and *every now and then, when we’ve got the itch, we like to get the suitcases out, shake off the dust, and roll them around the house, just to make sure they are still in good working condition, should a trip occur. Well it was a good thing we did this [...]

Time-out

Time-outs are generally viewed and used as a punishment in most cases.   However, tonight, after Hazel pulled Dora’s ear for the hundredth time, I sternly asked her “Do you want to take a time out?”  To which she replied “yes.”  Then she scurried away, I thought, to avoid the impending punishment. A few seconds later she [...]

Pebbles and Fred

The Fred costume was my brother’s from at least 12 Halloween’s ago.  My mom made it and I was Wilma that year, although, unfortunately she didn’t keep that one.  So we had a mother-less Pebbles.  We did have to take the stitching out on the sides of the Fred costume since Phillip is a tad bigger than my 8 [...]

Up…Up… and Away!

We were in Salem this weekend for some family fun, trick-or-treating with the cousins, and flying.  I went up with Phillip for the first time as well.  This was no small feat for me, as I am deathly afraid of flying.  Let me tell you, a two person plane magnifies every bump and wind gust [...]

Hippy Alert!

This week has been like a wild roller coaster ride of knowledge, confusion, stress and finally peace.  Where to start….Lets see, it all began that faithful night in the ER when the doctor confirmed that I had a very probable chance of being able to have this next baby naturally, after my current doctor cabashed [...]

Sneak Peak…

Hazel is going to be Pebbles (from the cartoon “The Flintstone”) for Halloween and she wanted to try her costume on as she was playing today.  Here is a sneak peak of the prehistoric diva out on a shopping trip…

Well she’s no Dino, but I guess Dora will have to do

The Family Bed

Hazel was having a rough time getting to sleep the other night so Phillip went in to have a “talk” with her.  All I could hear through the wall was his muffled voice speaking softly and her say “ok” a lot.  Then after about 10 minutes he left the room and she didn’t make a [...]

Jousting, ER visit, and apple picking….

This weekend has been action packed to say the least.  Saturday, Phillip had asked my mom to come into town for a surprise/helpful visit.  To which she graciously abided.  She arrived, much to my surprise, and said she came to babysit so we should go out for a fun filled night. Then Phillip, the great [...]