Carson falls asleep in our bed almost every night and a lot of times when Rick finally comes to bed, he just leaves him here. Most is the time it’s ok but there are nights where Carson ends up perpendicular to us – using Rick’s back as a pillow and putting his feet in my face. Other nights he is super active in his sleep and kicks and punches me all night.
But two times this week – right as I was waking up – I heard him laughing in his sleep. I was more awake today and could actually …
Month: August 2014
Almost
After a recent rainy afternoon, the evening sky provided a perfect opportunity to try to take some pictures of my kids. Unfortunately, the mosquitos also got the memo about it being a good night to be out & about. And that, along with Carson’s inability to give me a natural smile 90% of the time, made for a shortened photo session. But I still got these pictures and love them – my almost kindergartener and my almost third grader.
I still can’t believe it.
My Mommy Trick
When the kids are arguing and fighting and being bratty at/to eachother, my new trick is to make them sit against a wall and hold hands.
Even if we are at baseball.
HAHAHAHAHA.
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Not until I’m 7. Ok, today is good.
My sweet boy is so not like his sister in so many ways and when it came to learning to ride a bike, it reminded me of this again.
Carson had told us that he didn’t want to learn how to ride a bike until he turned 7. But when I told him that once he learned how to ride a bike, we could ride bikes to Dairy Queen (I wasn’t interested in suffering through a trip to DQ with him and training wheels and hills).
DQ was the trick because he let me take the wheels off on Sunday night. It …
Henry Hall – 26 years later
Earlier this month, the kids and I finally were able to make the reunion weekend in Ludington with a group of my friends from freshman year at Western. We all lived together in Henry Hall and though I haven’t been great about keeping in touch, thank goodness for Facebook and for Susan for continuing to host this fun weekend.
We got there Thursday night and the kids wasted no time getting in freezing Lake Michigan – even though I forgot Mallory’s bathing suit, she just went in in her shorts & shirt (she really does love the water!). I couldn’t dare …
Dexter Tigers
Kids played machine-pitch baseball this summer and Rick was their coach. Mallory wanted to play softball but little league doesn’t have a summer season, and Carson wanted to play but I couldn’t deal with him playing t-ball again so with Rick coaching, they let the kids play on the same team together. They were both pretty good for Rick – only a few issues with them fighting with each other or their dad ;-)
Mallory’s summer season was affected by a thumbnail that got hit with a pitch off the machine and caused her to lose her nail (following about three …