Monthly Archives: November 2009
A Little of This and That
Madeline’s got this new obsession when we go shopping. She is very fascinated by the mannequins in the stores and has started to ask me to take pictures of her posing with them. The other night she and I went … Continue reading
The Best and Worst of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has come and gone and I missed my opportunity to tell all of you how thankful I am for my husband, kids, Starbucks, and all of that other stuff. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time … Continue reading
Terrorizing the Portrait Studio
Today we braved the portrait studio in an attempt to capture some Christmas pictures. Part of me thinks I shouldn’t post these, since we will be sending out Christmas cards with these pictures, but I’m not a very patient person … Continue reading
The Rat’s Nest
My posting has been lacking lately, mostly because nothing all that interesting has been going on for us lately. David’s been busy hunting (he shot a buck with his bow, and a doe with his gun…so far!), and besides Madeline’s … Continue reading
Out With the Old, In With the New
Madeline finished up her second day today at her new preschool. I can not say enough how happy I am with her new preschool! I was worried that Madeline would be sad about not going back to the old one, … Continue reading
You Just Might Be A Parent If…Reason #812
Your child leaves the room to go do something else and you linger for a few minutes so that you can see the end of the cartoon/children’s show they had been watching. Back in the day when it was just … Continue reading
Filed under Just for fun, Madeline
Our Afternoon with Elmo
Today David and I entered new territory with Madeline and braved the wonderful world of oversized, stuffed, dancing, cartoon figures better known as Sesame Street Live. I have to admit that I was slightly excited about going to the show. … Continue reading
Filed under Madeline
Oil-Cleansing Take Two
As promised I have an update on my Oil-Cleansing Method post I did a while back. So, my skin was going crazy, and all dried-out. Horribly dried out! We’re talking chunks of skin randomly peeling away. I did a few … Continue reading
Filed under Amy
Change Is In The Air
Yesterday was Madeline’s last day of preschool at her current preschool. You may remember my post a while back about some of my concerns about Madeline and preschool. I had gotten to a point where I was just letting things … Continue reading
Baby Cuddles
Neither of my kids are big cuddlers. For a while I felt bad about it, because I had this image in my mind about babies being these sweet, cuddly creatures and my kids would sit with me for all of … Continue reading

