Posted in Cami on Feb 26th, 2009 15 Comments »
I have heard this happen to many friends, but I always thought in the back of my mind, “I’m so glad we’ll never have this happen with our kids!” Ah, I wish I could have been right. We had some friends over this morning so I could help my friend work on some preparations for [...]
Posted in Becca, Chris, Church on Feb 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
We first discovered the Five Love Languages about 7 or 8 years ago when we were trying to be better parents. Someone had recommended The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman. It was so wonderful to discover Emma’s love language and how we could better communicate with her. She was more receptive to [...]
Posted in Cami on Feb 21st, 2009 No Comments »
It’s no secret that we have independent children. The most strong-willed at this point is Cami. There are many times when we ask Cami to do something that she flat-out refuses! How do they learn these things?! Our biggest battles occur when we ask her to eat her dinner or to use the bathroom. In [...]
Posted in Pictures on Feb 20th, 2009 No Comments »
For those of you who follow NieNie Dialogues, you have heard and seen the work of Wendy of Blue Lily Photography. I fell in love with these photographs. Then in one of those ‘the world is so small’ moments, I read on Design Mom that Wendy was coming to the NYC area to do some [...]
Posted in Caleb, Scouts on Feb 14th, 2009 5 Comments »
Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky one for Caleb. The last two years Caleb consistently placed 10th at his Pinewood Derbies. Then this year, the magic Bear year, he placed 3rd! Here is a look at the some of the contenders: During the races, Caleb was pretty subdued – cheering on his [...]
Posted in Family, Kids on Feb 9th, 2009 No Comments »
One more post about last weekend and I’ll move on . . . I promise. With both sets of grandparents here, we had a pretty even ratio of grandparents vs. kids. Each of them had individual time with each grandparent, leaving Chris and me to work in the background on the more trivial matters. It [...]
Posted in Caleb, Family on Feb 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
A quiet Saturday at home: – Sleeping in – Caleb’s birthday pictures – Lunch at TGI Fridays – Grocery shopping – Catching up on life – Preparing for Branch Conference tomorrow – Starting Caleb off on his Faith in God – Finishing Pinewood derby car – Putting down the iron fist to get the kids [...]
Posted in Caleb on Feb 7th, 2009 3 Comments »
Caleb was able to be baptized the Saturday after his birthday. He had invited some of his teammates from the gym and some special people he knows from church, but even more people showed up from our branch. We were really surprised and touched with everyone that came to support him. The grandmothers gave the [...]
Posted in Caleb, Family on Feb 5th, 2009 No Comments »
One week ago today we celebrated Caleb’s 8th birthday. It was a big day for all of us as both sets of grandparents flew in to be here for his baptism on Saturday. Can we just say that day was on the count-down list for every child person in our house since Christmas?! The night [...]