I believe she scared the dickens out of me (whatever that is).

“GET OVER HERE NOW (expletive, expletive, expletive…) I TOLD YOU TO GET IN THE *@#$@##$%* CAR! YOU ARE SO STUPID!!”
Now after reading those words, imagine this. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed four year old girl with tears in her eyes. Two curly pigtails jetting out the side of her tiny confused head. Remnants of her lunch smeared [...]

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I believe there is a new candidate in town.

Caleb brought this home from school the other day. I’m guessing he might change his campaign points later on in life…but maybe not.

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I believe he is…

the apple of my eye. (Okay, he’s just one of the apples of my eye. He just happened to be in the way of my camera lens.)

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I believe I say these phrases on a daily basis.

As I caught myself in mid-sentence today, I noticed I say the same several things everyday. I thought it might be fun to write them down for posteritiy (or at least until this blog gets lost in cyber space).
Here goes…I’ll try and write them in sequential order according to our daily routine.

Caleb, it’s time to [...]

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I believe I’ve started to ponder…

how exactly does this whole ‘male’ thing work? After all, I am definitely NOT male but I do have three of them under my direct care on a daily basis. I’ve often thought…”How am I, in my fully functioning estrogen induced state, supposed to direct the lives of three TOTALLY MALE boys?”
Today God gave me [...]

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I believe this might jog my memory someday.

Caleb – 6 and 11/12ths
Avid reader, tree climber, picture drawer, knee scraper, bike rider, brother teaser, brother consoler, voracious eater, 64 pounder, clothing wearer-outer, bus rider, trampoline bouncer, chotchkie junkie, property misplacer, backpack dragger, BIG brother.

Aiden – 4 and 7/12ths
Blankie snuggler, back seat singer, cheese cracker LOVER, Sunday School goer, backyard swinger, sandbox digger, training [...]

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I believe this was the best Mother’s Day gift.

Last night, as we were sitting down for dinner, Josh asked the boys…”So, what are we going to get your mom for Mother’s Day?”
It is one of our absolute favorite games to ask the boys questions such as these and wait for the totally bizarre answers.  We’ll usually ask things like, “What do you want [...]

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I believe it’s breathtaking.

It truly is breathtaking. Have you ever noticed yourself without breath in a indescribably good way when you watch your kids sleep?
My dear friend posted a picture of her little boy sleeping on her blog the other day. I quickly realized I don’t have many pictures of my kids sleeping. When we only had Caleb, [...]

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