While DUH took the older kids to see “The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry” I went to visit my grandfather with this motley crew….. Come on guys. Look over here at Mommy. OK, look over here and straighten your heads Nevermind. When we were leaving, the boys saw how hard it was for me to get…
I hear a little, 12 year old voice wandering around the house, “Can I borrow some shoes?” “Do you have any shoes I can wear?” “Please sir. Might you have a pair of shoes for my poor, tired feet?” The youngest girl has no shoes. Didn’t we go through this like….last week? Apparently her feet…
Babies are such a delight. Mine is the joy of our days. He’s cheerful, funny, obedient and silly. He’s into throwing himself around. He’s just playing, being a boy. He throws himself into the sofa, your lap, the bed. It’s cute. Until… This morning we were face to face and he threw his forehead into…
Seriously. Irresistable.
Whew! The summer madness is finally over. Now the fall craziness begins. The steady stream of guests in the casita has slowed to a crawl. But the film making push has begun (actually, it started a month ago, but now the deadline looms upon us). We have several movies going here. The oldest boy is…
This will be his senior year. Our oldest son will officially graduate from our homeschool sometime next year. Last night DUH and I sat down together and had a long talk about how to direct this son of ours. Homeschool is not like government schools. They just send them all off on the same path…
OK, so maybe not WORLD travels. But when you are a Texan you pretty much think there’s nothing interesting to see north of Dallas or west of El Paso. So I’m going to Houston tomorrow. Yesterday I was in Austin. I might just make it all the way around the world and take the kids…
Last week we had several guests in the casita. On Thursday I went over to give it a look-see and decided that, while the children had been doing a good job of maintaining, it was time to give it a real “Mommy cleaning.” So I geared up, enlisted my 15, 12 and 10 year olds…