Ever After

Any guesses? I honestly didn’t know what she was saying until she asked: “Are mocharecitals dangerous?”

Over the last few months, I’ve become increasingly alarmed at the number of disposable diapers my two wee ones contribute to local landfills.  And so the fact that Vivi went all day today without a potty accident should be a happy day for both Mother Lori AND Mother Earth, right???   But even as I [...]

  My reward for having to clean up a blow out of monumental proportions. Priceless.  

Today, three-year-old Vivi asked if Baby Tad had teeth yet.  I explained that he didn’t have them yet, but when does get teeth, he’ll get them on the bottom first. With shock on her face and horror in her voice, she asked, “do I have teeth on MY BOTTOM???”

One thing I love about Ariana is that she pens the sweetest notes for members of our family.       

A couple of Saturdays ago as my sister Lisa and I were bustling around the kitchen baking bread (her first foray into the wonderful world of YEAST), the door bell rang. A Hispanic gentleman with a sweet smile stood on my doorstep and, in broken English, asked if I needed my yard mowed. I was [...]

I can’t bring myself to pay $ to put her in a real preschool, and the thought of having a gaggle of preschoolers at my house for a co-op preschool makes me break out in hives.  Instead, I ordered some preschool materials online (www.funsteps.com), and Vivi and I spend some of the most delightful hours each [...]

A few of my favorite images from yesterday morning’s photo shoot with sweet baby Colt. (Don’t you just LOVE that name)!  (And I’m LOVING my new 24-70mm f2.8 lens).            

“My Daddy knows good things.” ~Vivian Grace Tolbert (5/6/09)   I know of nothing sweeter than the pure love of a little girl for her father.

“And as [Jesus] entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: “And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. “And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, [...]