I try to have at least one big meal in the dining room a month. I want the kids to love our family meals so I often get them involved and plan dinners that I know they’ll enjoy. The animal theme was their idea. They decorated the table themselves, helped me choose the menu, and… [continue reading]
I Lost My Jewel
The other day Joy, age six, came pounding down the stairs during quiet time. She was wailing and flailing, but that is the usual drama we see several times a day. “Joy, you are not supposed to be out of your room at quiet time.” More wailing. More flailing. “What is the matter?” Finally managing… [continue reading]
The Case of the Missing Keys
After one of Jason’s soft ball games one day, one of the guys on the team couldn’t find his keys. Jason stayed late to help him look all around the bench and all over the field. He even asked some of the little boys if they had picked up some keys. He knew he had… [continue reading]
Get with it Mom
I was lugging in a trunk load of groceries. The kids had been so well behaved on this occasion that my mind was elsewhere. On our first trip into the house with our bags, Grace ran ahead and hid by the door. This is the usual game we play. She jumped out and said, “Raaaa!”… [continue reading]
Laboring Latin
Okay I confess. I am really struggling with Latin! I am a tutor for a Classical Conversations Community. Translated that’s a co-op where we all use the same classical curriculum and I am called a tutor rather than teacher because I am not necessarily a master in any of the subjects. Rather I am presenting… [continue reading]
Happy Birthday to Me
Fourteen years ago today and only four weeks after I met Jason, the man who would become my husband, he showed up on my doorstep with flowers and took me out for my birthday. We went to the Olive Garden, still a favorite of mine, and we had a very enjoyable time. The only problem… [continue reading]
Marriage
The other day Jason and I were talking about our dating relationship versus our marriage relationship. I told him that marriage was quite a shocker for me because I expected him to be just as interested in my views, desires, and wishes as when we dated and…uh…he wasn’t. 🙂 He didn’t really say much after… [continue reading]
Clang, Clang, Clang
Jason and I were at a nice, candle-lit restaurant enjoying the quiet and the food – in that order. When all of the sudden I heard this loud clang, clang, clang. It sounded like it came from underneath our own table. I looked up at Jason, who sat there eating normally, and then I looked… [continue reading]
Go Big Red Party 2010
My husband and I met in Nebraska through connections at the University of Nebraska, so we are big Husker fans! One of our first dates was to a Husker game. We have such great memories of our time there. We want to grow little Husker fans as well. So today for the first televised game… [continue reading]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Several years ago when our oldest was a baby, Jason purchased about fifty dollars’ worth of shirts and jeans and took them home to try on since Sam’s Club does not have dressing rooms. The next morning we got in the car to return most of them to get our money back. When we arrived… [continue reading]