Wes chose to draw instead of finishing his work. He had to stay in at recess.”
#itwasahardfirstdayback
#EthanandLaylawerestilloff
#physicallyatschoolbutstillmentallyonvacation
#Icorrectedhimbutlaughedontheinside
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Wes chose to draw instead of finishing his work. He had to stay in at recess.”
#itwasahardfirstdayback
#EthanandLaylawerestilloff
#physicallyatschoolbutstillmentallyonvacation
#Icorrectedhimbutlaughedontheinside
#gethimZorro
I don’t compete. Not really anyway. I mean…If I’m playing Catch Phrase or Heads Up, (or maybe basketball with a five year old), I will totally get into the game. I can yell and scream and cheer with the best of them. But I don’t really care if I lose. Maybe that is more what…
Wes told my mom the other day that the garage was a “wrecking mess”. I’m not even sure what he meant to say, but that was obviously not it. It did take me back to several of my childhood (or maybe also adulthood) misheard lyrics and phrases. As a kid, I remember hearing a fun…
It was Tuesday, March 8, 2011, my first full day alone with Wesley as a tiny baby. He was 15 days old. I can recall that specific evening with much ease. I had just given Wes a lavender bath (thank you Johnson and Johnson), had swaddled him up tightly (I miss that little glow worm)…
Blend – to mix with another substance so that they combine together. To blend isn’t easy. (That might be a massive understatement.) In fact, B an I are finding the word intentional to be our family word for this first year. We decided early on to be deliberate in our connection with the kids. We are also purposeful…
As a celebratory blog about our first year of marriage, I thought I might write about making it through the “bumps in the road”, but no, I’ve already written about a few of those. Clearly, we’ve had them. Maybe I’d write about what it’s been like getting married later in life? Maybe just about love?…
To my three kids, APPLAUSE. Be so very careful about the applause you seek after. Applause can be extremely dangerous. This is what happened to Lauren Daigle. Lauren was asked in telephone interview what she believed about homosexuality. “You know what, I can’t honestly answer on that…in the sense of, I have too many people…