BEFORE: AFTER: Now if only we could figure out what to do with this thing:  

The stories from Christmas are bumping around in my head as I pick up pine needles from places I didn’t even know existed in our home.  I’m not sure when I’ll get them all out – the stories or the needles.  I like to let stuff simmer for a bit so it might not be until a summer day in… View Post

Minutes before these pictures were taken, Harper was rolling on the floor screaming because we wouldn’t let her wear her tennis shoes with the dress she’s wearing.  Meanwhile, we were telling Hadley to stop pulling her dress over her head. I got them to smile by standing behind Jesse and yelling, “POOP!” as he took the picture. You do what… View Post

The girls’ favorite Christmas book is A Charlie Brown Christmas, which I don’t mind at all.  Very cute story, and there are buttons you press throughout the story that play the songs and characters’ voices. We also have the movie which the girls have been enjoying all week.  And on Saturday, we took them to The Black Rock Center for… View Post

When I was a teacher (here comes that blue tuxedo again), I would sometimes post a picture on the board and have the students use it as a writing prompt.  National Geographic magazine was fabulous for this sort of thing.  Kids came up with all kinds of stories with those pictures…..some were more appropriate then others. So I’m going to… View Post