Ever After

*You surprise your 1st grader by showing up to eat lunch with her at school. *You volunteer at the elementary school bookfair for an afternoon. This SAHM moment is brought to you by my gracious sponsors: *Thanks to my dear friend, Sally Olsen, for watching Vivi so that I could go spend some fun time [...]

Vivi loves hair (especially to get a good handful of it). . . maybe because she doesn’t really have any of her own.  She’s always in hot pursuit of Marina and loves to pull the cat’s tail. So, I got a chuckle out of a predicament she had gotten herself into this morning while she [...]

Of all the seven dwarves, he’s the one I am most like.  Before I went to bed last night, I tried to remember the last time I enjoyed a night of uninterrupted sleep.  Certainly not since Miss Vivi was born, 6 1/2 months ago, and even from the early months of my pregnancy, I had to get up at [...]

Here’s a quiz for you:  What does sweet Vivi have in common with Kobe Bryant and Puff Daddy??? BLING!  (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: Expensive objects of jewellery that are worn in a way that is very easy to notice). Even the smallest earrings available for piercing look TOO BIG in Vivi’s little ears. (Vivi [...]

“Pack your bags, honey!  We’re headed to WACO!” Bryan loves to surprise our family with spontaneous, unusual weekend jaunts.  Labor Day weekend was no exception. Antiquing in Waxahachie One of our favorite things to do as a family is to go antiquing in sleepy little towns.  Although we mostly window shop, we have found a [...]

September 8, 2006.  Can it possibly have already been six months since your birth, my Sweet Vivi! You are such a miracle in our lives . . . a priceless treasure in our home. I LOVE your toothless grins . . . your infectious giggles . . . your sweet spirit that binds our family [...]