The girls are out of school at least today and tomorrow. We have bottles and bottles of water. Steve has secured everything that can be secured in the yard. He patched a spot in the roof. We’re as ready as ready can be for Tropical Storm (Hurricane) Isaac to move ashore tomorrow. Right now, it […]
Last month, the girls and I headed up to Memphis to spend a week with Ruby, Emmie, my sister and brother-in-law. It was an awesome, fun-filled week. We did a few things we always do (the Children’s Museum and the zoo) but we also got to do a few things we’ve never done before. A […]
I wasn’t sure if I’d cry on Abigail’s first day of school. I was feeling so much relief that both girls are going to be in the same school, with the same schedule. I’ve spent the last three years feeling like I do everything in hour long chunks of time. Take Grace to school An […]
I have pictures from the first day of school. I just haven’t pulled them off the camera card, partly because I can’t find my card reader and partly because I’m exhausted. Monday was crazy. Seriously, it took me all day Sunday to get ready for Monday and I realized that I didn’t have all day […]
Today is the big day. Her brand-new, too sweet for words blue outfit is on the back of the chair, waiting for her to twist and twirl. Her Billabong backpack (in a testimony to her love for the water and the waves she chose a surfing backpack over Hello Kitty or Clifford) is on the […]
