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The Bathtub

I should amend yesterday’s top ten to “the things you don’t want to hear your meteorologist say”… Things like, oh I don’t know, FUNNEL CLOUD, 60MPH WINDS, TAKE COVER, BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL. Yeah, things like that freak me out. I am a Panhandle girl and I’m certainly no stranger to all things windy. We spent many…

Precious Time

Forgive me while I get a bit nostalgic. We’re starting to wind down the end of the school year for all the kids and there’s a part of me that freaks out a wee bit – will 4 kids under the age of 7 for 13 weeks put me in the crazy house?? But, there’s…

Happy Mamacita Day!

I don’t know about you, but the Mother’s Day festivities around here were fantastic! Saturday night, Scott and I had a DATE NIGHT (yes, they still exist) and we went to the Mobile Loaves and Fishes Wine Tasting, “Uncorked”. The kiddos had a sleepover at Nana and Papa’s. Big hooray for that. The gala was…

Questions

Who knew our 6- and 4-year-old could have such thought-pondering questions? Cases in point: “Mom, are you going to vote for Obama?” We’ve gotten a couple of mailers and a handful of calls asking us to vote for your brother’s sister’s cousin twice-removed here lately. And, I guess Will heard Scott and I talking. I…

Date Night! Sleepover!

My folks had us all down (us and Uncle Daniel and Aunt Amanda) for a fantabulous Valentine’s Dinner. The best part? They had a chef, Hallie, come in, cook dinner, serve AND clean up. Ok, actually, that was the second best part. The best part was they kept 3 kids and we took home Clare.…