John has been attending an etiquette class after school for the last month or so. I threatened to send him last year but he begged and plead and promised radical things (like to eat with a fork and wipe his mouth on a napkin) so, against my better judgment, I held off and hoped for… Read More
Somehow in the midst of life, the PCP’s first flag football season came and went with nary a mention of it on the little blog that is supposed to serve as a our “virtual memory book”. So here goes… After much begging and pleading to play tackle football, we ended up compromising with flag football. … Read More
I think I mentioned it a few weeks back, but John will complete the sacraments of Reconciliation and First Communion over the next eight months! He will need to be able to say the Lord’s Prayer, Glory Be and Hail Mary by himself to the priest. We don’t want him to be so nervous about… Read More
Some things are just too good to bury in a “musings” post. I don’t ever want to forget this conversation in Target, that came out of nowhere while I was shopping for a nice white tee to tie-dye… “Mommy, let’s just get these banana undies for daddy. I think he would be like ‘who hoo… Read More
After my original Dressing Southern Tots post, I received quite a few emails asking how, if and when I sell our outgrown clothes. Well, I have been selling them twice a year (spring and fall) on eBay since Whit was one, and have just listed a new slew of clothes out there. Some are new,… Read More
John is an extremely capable reader and we struggle with finding “just right” books (content and level wise) for him. Add to the mix that he doesn’t even like reading (or so he claims) and we’ve been in quite a pickle. You see, Honey and I are both avid readers and would love to see… Read More
So, we have a little tradition around these parts to sit down as a family at summer’s start and dream up all sorts of FUN goings and doings to while away the break. Last year we had this cute list, and the year before we had an A to Z Kindergarten Countdown. As for 2013,… Read More