At last! The weather is making a turn for the better. Today is absolutely gorgeous, and we plan to take full advantage of it. The girls insisted on wearing shorts to school today. I made a deal with them that they had to wear long sleeve shirts in order to wear shorts. It was a [...]

I want to feel sorry for Sadie, but she has legs and could certainly run and hide if she wanted to. The girls are absolutely smitten with Violet, and Violet the same with the girls. They spent all this morning happily cuddling with each other on the couch. Couldn’t ask for a better moment.

Two unopened bags of plastic Easter eggs used to sit on my kitchen table. Now there is 1 unopened bag of plastic Easter eggs on the table and 1 opened bag of plastic Easter eggs. More importantly, the opened bag of plastic Easter eggs is now 1/3 empty. Can you guess who the culprit of [...]

After harassing Mike for the past year and a half I was finally able to convince him to paint our little, half bathroom downstairs. Without paint or decorations I always felt like I was using a gas station restroom when in there. Shiver. The project took all of about 1 hour to complete, so I [...]

When Mike and I first decided to upgrade to a “family” vehicle, I vehemently fought to purchase an SUV. Knowing that I would be the sole driver of that vehicle, I just couldn’t imagine giving into the “soccer mom” stereotype of driving a minivan. Fast forward to a few a months ago, and I couldn’t [...]