Just in case we are ever audited

Ellie, ever the social butterfly, tends to latch on to dinner guests who bravely venture into our home, particularly female guests who she has pegged as potential Best Friends Forever (BFF). She gives them the grand tour of our house (her bedroom, her closet, the pile of laundry hidden on mommy’s bed), cuddles with [...]

People read my blog!

Hey, Adrianne Frost responded to my post about “I Hate Other People’s Kids.” Check it out. People read my blog. At least, people do google searches for their names and find my blog. Cool.

Wha-huh?

Ellie sincerely wants to help me cook dinner every night, and if I were a good mother, I would lovingly teach her to measure, stir and (her biggest wish) break eggs. However, I am in dire need of patience and I’m usually trying to beat two world’s records simultaneously (Fastest Dinner Cooked from Beginning [...]

Not the momma!

Phillip’s language skills have exploded in the past 2 weeks. Lannie is convinced that it’s because he has been home with Caleb and Ellie for Christmas holidays, and he has been saturated with language (mostly from Ellie).
One of the cutest and most infuriating habits of speech that he’s picked up is to refer to [...]