Times Cats Have Eaten Tree and Barfed: 6, 7, 20?? Times Cats Have Eaten Bits of Present Wrapping and Barfed: 0 Presents Children Have Opened: 0.5 (caught in the act) Presents Children Have Found:1 Ornaments Children Have Broken: 0
Category Archives: Lydia
I saw mommy sitting by Santa Claus
Santa Claus came by for a visit this past week at the kids’ daycare. Just as I suspected, Sam was not thrilled at all this year to be sitting in a creepy man’s garishly red lap. Sam was only willing to get near the guy if he sat on another lap entirely — mine. Yep, […]
bottomless pit
Last night we all had a chance to head out to eat. We chose a lovely Mexican restaurant due to its speed and willingness of the children to eat there. Sam was showing signs of ravenousness as I handed him chips so I had the waiter bring him out a plate before the rest of […]
the break-up
This evening was a rare occasion where all four of us were gathered around the dinner table. This is a hard thing to coordinate with the under-five set. Steven and I munched on some tacos as I asked Lydia about her day: did you play outside? Did you color? Did you play with toys? And […]
gesundheit
This morning Sam was crawling across the floor in Lydia’s room when a big sneeze escaped him and some snot dribbled down onto the carpet. Lydia, ever the observant one, is quick to notice this. “Ewww! Mommy, Sam got blessyou on the carpet!”
I thought this only happened in the movies
“Do you want some more chicken nuggets?” “No.” “Do you want some animal crackers?” “No, I want some more chicken nuggets.”
Heart of Dixie
The news was playing on the radio as I drove the children to daycare this morning when a story came on about the ongoing water resources battle between Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. The newscaster informed us of a federal court’s ruling in Georgia’s favor. I sighed audibly. “What’s wrong, Mommy?” Lydia asked. “Oh, Georgia’s trying […]
three year old taco
She’s what? Three? Really?? Time flies when you’re laughing with a little brother. Of course, she corrected me the other day. She told me she wants to be ten. She has the attitude for it. I don’t think I ever got around to mentioning it, but Lydia had her very first haircut this past year. […]
sam plus guacamole equals
While I’m driving somewhere with both kids in the car, Lydia will usually take it upon herself to provide commentary on her surroundings, be it the trees or cars outside or whatever it is Sam is doing. “Look, Mommy — look! There’s trees! Look, Mommy — Sam’s sleeping! No, Sam’s awake! Sam dropped his toy! […]
discovery
Earlier today Lydia was running all over the house while Steven and I attended to different things around the house: laundry, Sam, kitchen dishes, Lydia’s escapades. It’s a typical weekend day. At this moment I was working on pictures and wasn’t quite paying attention to the outside world so it takes me a few moments […]