A couple of weeks ago, I participated in a fantastic mother-daughter day out with my 11-year-old daughter, Mallory. She is such a great kiddo, and we get so little time to spend together without the other kids. It's challenging to grow up as the twin of a special needs kid, as you can imagine - but she is the sweetest, most kind-hearted girl you'd ever want to be around. So I was super excited to have a chance to spend some time with her. We went …
Easy Tree Painting with Fingerprint Leaves
My kids have always been creative, and they love to make Christmas presents for people they love! Here is one of our favorite projects, and certainly one of my husband's favorite gifts: this super easy tree painting with fingerprint leaves. Several years ago, when my husband shifted his career toward construction management, he stopped working in a cubicle and started working in a construction trailer. The first time he had to set up his new …
Looking Back – The Table.
Having two sets of twins is just crazy. It's every bit as much work now that they're 9 1/2 and 11 as it was when they were 1 1/2 and 3. It's just a different kind of work. I do so love looking back at old blog posts from those long, crazy days when they were rambunctious toddlers. This one in particular cracked me up. It was posted almost exactly eight years ago, in November of 2006. "I have to tell you something funny Mallory said – you …