Family fun

Disappointment

February 10, 2011

Life is full of disappointments. The peapod squad woke up early and saw snow on the ground. They immediately got busy building their snow day encampment in the family room. You can just imagine their grumbling when I walked through and told them school was on. It was not pretty. Possibly Related Posts: Gee Thanks, [...]

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What a Precious Night for our Family

February 4, 2011

I don’t get very “churchy” on my blog. It’s not at all because I’m ashamed of my God or my Faith. I’m sometimes ashamed of my Christian brothers and sisters and of myself, though, because we fail miserably at our attempts to be like Christ. But let me be very clear. I love Jesus. I [...]

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Introducing our Educational New Pets

February 3, 2011

The Peapod Squad are proud owners of two African Dwarf Frogs. I was cool with that once I found out they have an average life expectancy of 5-7 years. I did NOT want a repeat of our last experiment with pets for the little people, because it was truly hideous. After a great deal of [...]

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Birthday Disco Dance Party

January 23, 2011

My little ones LOVE to dance. I mean…LOVE. So it’s no surprise that they requested a dance party for their birthday. It was a lot of work, but we managed to pull it off with great success. All of the kids (we let them invite 3 classmates + 1 church friend each) had a fabulous [...]

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This One’s Just for the Girls

January 20, 2011

So look away dudes. I mean it. Especially you, Dad. This is girl stuffs. OK…think we’re safe now? No boys? Here goes. I’ve been doing a lot of Google searches for “piñata” lately, what with the peapod squad’s birthday party this weekend and all.  I ended up getting a cool disco ball one for their [...]

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Random Miss America Observations

January 15, 2011

So I put the kids and hubby in bed and headed over to my Mom’s house in my jammies to watch some Miss America tonight. Great girl time, you know. And there’s nothing like stuffing our faces with some Diary Queen while watching pretty girls strutting in bikinis. My observations? Anyone who can walk in [...]

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