Derek

  • This Week We Played

    I have been feeling really guilty lately that I have not been playing enough with my kids.  They don't stay this little forever, and it is far too easy to get caught up in other things, and so this week… Continue reading

  • Firsts and other fun times

    We have been pretty busy this past while, because I have been trying to make sure we don't waste away the summer, and so I have too much to post about, but oh well . . . On Thursday our… Continue reading

  • “Underestimating the Sneakiness”

     Derek is so hilarious – I know I always say that, but it is true.  He is especially good at sneaking into places or running away from me.  For example, the other day as we were walking to the mailbox,… Continue reading

  • In Other News . . .

    There is so much I have been meaning to post about, that I decided to lump it all together into another list of adventures, so here goes: *Last Saturday we were all ready to go swimming, but when we got… Continue reading

  • Still at it, but just a little bit smarter this time . . .

     I don't know if you will remember my ingenious little boy using the laundry basket as a chair so he could play the piano. Well, he is back – and is smarter and stronger, which means this time he used… Continue reading

  • Fun stuff 🙂

    It has been a great week, and a few things have really help make it even better: *Lily calling me her "hero" after I fixed the sound on a computer game she was playing.  It was the cutest thing ever!!… Continue reading

  • A Wedding in the Woods

    Yesterday was a road trip adventure to South Carolina.  We were going to my cousin Wendy's wedding – she is the daughter of my mom's favorite cousin, Laurence.  Being the only family in the area to represent my mom, and… Continue reading

  • The Sprinkler Park

    On Thursday, my good friend Dawn and I decided to get together, and she took me to this great free place on post.  It was this amazing sprinkler park, and since we went around 10am, we had it all to… Continue reading

  • Funny Things They Do

    My kids are always making me laugh for one reason or another, and yesterday was no exception.  For example, when we were at Barnes and Noble getting our new book, Lily had to go to the stage in the children's… Continue reading

  • Fun Times on a Long Weekend

    I can't remember the last long weekend we had together, and so I had really been looking forward to all the fun stuff we could do together.  It all started on Friday when Kevin got off work early, and my… Continue reading