This crazy cute girl (shown here in her Red Pine sunglasses) paid me the sweetest compliment today. After a morning of baking and frosting ...

My sister in law Amber sent this great little cookbook for the kids. For some reason, it has become Calvin's favorite book. He carries...

Calvin on the phone tonight with Auntie Koo in Oregon (he is super, super excited for Christmas!): "I want LOTS and LOTS of presents...

Overheard in the car this morning: (BTW, the birthday party theme and whose invited is a constant, ongoing conversation between Natalie and ...

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I'm having one of those "feeling old" kind of mornings. When did Max become a handsome young man - and why didn't anyone...

On Friday, I lost Calvin. Actually, Calvin intentionally lost me. We had been running errands all day, bank, grocery store, gas station, Jo...

Sometimes Calvin gets tired. Really, really tired. When he does, he sometimes falls asleep sitting up in bed with his legs in lotus positi...

I found this shocking site as I went upstairs to bed the other night. So, I did what any good mommy would do. I found the camera, took som...

Calvin was the VIP at preschool on Thursday. After telling me all about his friend Luke's poster from the week before (Luke does NOT lik...

Here is the outfit Sophie wore to school on Tuesday. CLEARLY, we can see that her outfit consists of a t-shirt, leggings (tights with the f...

As we were tearing out the door Sunday morning - on time for church, but very, very late for choir, I made the kids stop for a quick photo b...

Max loves soccer. He is on the same team this year as his buddy Greg. Greg is Natalie and Johnny's older brother. The team is playing on...

What do you want to be when you grow up? Sophie (had a hard time making up her mind): 1. First Lady 2. Explorer 3. Painter 4. One of those ...

Sophie's hair is finally getting long enough for me to play with - though it is also long enough to be getting some serious tangles. I...

Max's school project: Right now I'm just a kid, but when I am 100 . . . . "I'll own a checkers set, a Chinese checkers set,...

In honor of Calvin's birthday this week, I thought I'd spend a couple of moments jotting down what I love about this kid at age four...

Tuesday was Calvin's 4th birthday. My baby is clearly no longer a baby. Calvin has been talking about his birthday for ages, telling peo...