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Happy Mother’s Day, Internets

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! I got a surprise a little early, would you like to see it? Well, ha ha….you don’t really have a choice. Hubby and the boys treated me to these beauties and I just had to share a pic. C’mon back...

That Was When I Put Peanut Butter in His Navel

Today? Today was an intense day. Not really bad….just wildly intense. Just to give you a few highlights, I started out with over an hour’s discussion with the older boys (before I’d even gotten out of bed in the morning). They weren’t getting...

A Little Self-Involved

I’ve been thinking. A lot. I don’t know if I mentioned that I was going to SOBCon09 this past weekend. Do you remember that from last year? SOBCon is a blogging conference; it’s the brainchild of Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker and this was the 3rd...

I Wonder if They Know

Every week we go to the library and the younger boys pick out picture books for use at our daily story time. Right after I finish a story, Captain Earthquake will sigh a tiny sigh of contentedness. I wonder if he knows I’ve noticed it. Whenever any of the boys...