(Grand) Mothers' Day

For the grandmas: here's a recent photo of your peas-in-a-pod.

"I really miss you." ~Kaith

"Happy Mother's Day and be a pea in a pod." ~Trevor

"I love you." ~Miriam

"I love you. Bye-bye. ~Sterling

See y'all in a couple months!

Cleaning the Church

Cleaning the Church as a family used to be a losing battle. This time, the kids were able to accept simple assignments: erase the chalkboards, dust the chair rail, etc.

Okay, so it worked for a few minutes.

Then they found the stack of rugs in the nursery, and industriously spent about an hour making a path down the hall for Sterling to drive his new train on.

It was so worth needing a second vacuum.

Creative Watering Methods

When it was getting a little warm in March for the ornamental kale to continue thriving under neglect, I asked Miriam to water it. It had never occurred to me to use pieces from the marble set to do so.

Back to School

6:45 am Sneakers velcroed. Backpacks on. Lunchbags packed. Bubbling Excitement. Board the bus!

Miriam grabbed a window seat, looked out at me with the biggest, most excited smile I've ever seen on her, and waved good-bye. It's just Sterling and me.

Sterling Speaks

Sterling was playing with a race car in his room. He was singing to himself, "the R says rrrr. The R says rrrr. Every letter makes a sound, the R says rrrr. Rrrrr! Rrrrr! Like . . . rrrace car!"

Have I recommended the Leapfrog Letter Factory DVD? You can't have this child. And if you buy the DVD, you will not turn your child into this child. He's mine and I'm keeping him.

Brothers and Babysitting

We watched a couple kids on Friday night. Kaith read the little girl's shirt, "It's My Brother's Fault."

"Her shirt has a pretty mean compliment on it," says he.

At the Sprinklers

We made a splash at the county water park over Memorial Weekend.