Category: I Love My Children

  • I can't believe she's eight already.  Where has the time gone?

  • My baby is 6.  I don't quite know how that happened.  But it has.   We bought her earrings, a green soccer ball and a Yankees cap.  Yes, we actually brought a Yankees cap into this house.  But, she's Pumpkin.  Who can say no to that face?  She pretends to be Annabeth Chase from the…

  • Pumpkin was fussing that she didn't want to be last for photos.  It was a moot at this point since she was the last one I was taking photos of.  It took a bit but we were finally able to take a better picture.

  • The mom skirt and blouse. The nanny skirt and apron. Fifteen pantaloons for the party girls (I had help on these and probably did only 60% of the work). Spanish Chocolate bodice. Dewdrop bodice and overskirt. Shuttling my Francesca and Bunny to and from.  

  •       Happy 5th Birthday, my sweet girl!  Where has the time gone?    

  • Those are words that should never be uttered in this house.  Apparently, counting and writing to 100 is arduous.  

  • To my best helper.  Happy Birthday, sweet girl.

  • I can't believe it!  Eleven years ago on a Tuesday, Brother was born at 4:08pm at a whopping 10lbs 6 oz.  I ended up with a c-section as he just wouldn't come out.  I remember the doctor's appointment on Monday when the doctor said I was at about 1cm.  When I arrived at the hospital,…

  • The other day, Honey wanted me to spell Mary for her (she was pretending to be Mary Poppins at Disney World signing autographs).  I started with M-A-R.  She screeched for asked me to stop after the R because she was having trouble writing it to her satisfaction.  Here's what followed: Honey:  What's next? Me:  Y…

  •   *Yes, she's sleeping on just the mattress cover.  Pumpkin got a big bed but we haven't put it together yet.  Her mattress is on the floor until we move the dresser out of the room to make room for the bigger bed.