From the category archives:

Family

All she wants for Easter are her two front teeth

April 25, 2011

Here’s what you need to know about our weekend. We experienced the mythical and elusive Easter Bunny/Tooth Fairy exacta on Saturday night. (I wish I could say trifecta because that sounds better, but that would have required Santa Claus or our door guy showing up.) The Easter Bunny even left a note letting us know [...]

Read the full article →

My pancake was a broken heart

February 15, 2011

Yesterday morning as I got Caroline ready for school, I told her, “Tonight we’re going to have a special family Valentine’s dinner and there might even be a present!” She said, “Okay, but I thought I usually get my Valentine’s presents in the morning.” Yes. Yes, you do. But only when Mama actually remembers that [...]

Read the full article →

Let it snow

February 7, 2011

Guess what? It totally snowed here on Friday. 0.4 inches to be exact. A veritable blizzard. And then it was 70 degrees yesterday and we were outside in our shorts and t-shirts. Welcome to Texas. I’ll give y’all the full rundown tomorrow after I’ve recovered from all the appetizers I consumed during the Super Bowl. [...]

Read the full article →

Happiness and cheer

December 29, 2010

Well here it is, multiple days after Christmas. I guess I better take the time to recall all the Christmas memories before I forget them all. Especially considering that I can’t even make a trip to the HEB anymore without forgetting at least two things that are WRITTEN DOWN on my grocery list. I used [...]

Read the full article →

The days before Christmas

December 27, 2010

Well, it’s the night after Christmas and I’m sitting here on my couch with a few tears in my eyes because I just watched last year’s season finale of Friday Night Lights for the forty-second time and I never grow tired of watching Landry kick the game-winning field goal. I realize that’s probably a random [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries