What's New
One of the more challenging things about being a stay at home mom is knowing how to answer the question: what's new with you?
Not Just When the Bee Stings
It's been a fun day (there were naps!), and I would like to acknowledge that by sharing a few of my favorite things.
Memoir Titles Etc.
Just some blurbs while I wait for the laundry to finish so I can get my running clothes out and go to bed…
Splinters = Lots of Pictures with a Side of Kipling
We're due for a family post about now, but I jammed a huge splinter up under my pointer fingernail today, and typing doesn't feel so nice, so I think I'm just going to do a few favorites, mostly from our weekend jaunt to the beach, and be done with this.
Cross Training
The Man sometimes worries that he's failing me as a running coach because he hasn't helped me implement any cross training. He envisions time for me on a bike (stationary, of course) or in the pool or on an elliptical (which is no fun because you don't see anything and you can't read simultaneously). I told him that I do cross train, and he laughs
This Is Life
This is life: harsh sun-bright shadows, picnics on a dirty quilt, food smeared grins.
One is Nice
One of the twins' favorite Sandra Boynton books, One Two Three, begins with the line "One is nice for a quiet walk" and progresses on through the numbers until "Ten makes a celebration LOUD LOUD LOUD!" which is kind of what I think our home feels like every day, even though we only have 4 kids. It's the introvert in me.
Come for the Update, Stay for the Pictures
I was planning to get to the blog sooner tonight, but evidently cutting four sets of fingernails and four sets of toenails (yes, that's eighty nails total) all in a row and then reading half of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory out loud to the big boys took more time than I anticipated.
Update {Only the Fun Stuff}
And by the fun stuff, what I really mean is pictures of the kids. Some of these are old, some of these are new.
Unexpected New
We've lived here for a little over a year now, and we are already prepping for the move. Yet somehow, as things here are drawing to a close, I'm still experiencing all kinds of new things.
October Kick-off
It's been five weeks since I wrote last, and it's time to get back on the horse. Or wagon. Or camel, depending on what book you've been reading lately.
Things I Forgot
I'm sitting on our couch watching the rest of the sunset. It really was a stunner, and I admit I've gotten super spoiled having a front row seat of the sun sinking into the bay every night. But as I was reveling in the view, I realized I've forgotten to tell you a few things.