and I do mean kid as in joke. Because if we “kidded” all through the day, I’d have a whole flock of children, not just a gaggle. Dave and I have nick-named the children. The complainer, the pouter, the screamer and the babies. One of the bad things about being a twin is you always [...]
Archive for March, 2009
We kid to get through the day
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
it’s officially started
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My house looks like a baseball locker room has exploded in it. At the very least, like the baseball equipment guy hid paraphernalia all over. Theres a glove here, a cleat there, a bat under the couch a baseball sock hanging out of the buffet, and balls on the stairs.
Baseball season means being out of [...]
Volunteering
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This picture has absolutely no relevance to this post, but the cuteness of Nathaniel was too much not to share.
My name is Chanel, and I’m a volunteer addict. Some people have a problem saying no. What happens when you volunteer before you’re even asked? That’s me.
Softball Coach: Hi, this is McKayla’s softball coach. I’m happy [...]
Hey, I want to eat the vacuole!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
McKayla’s learning about cells. She decided she didn’t want to draw the cells because that was too much work. So she made an edible plant cell. Then I told her she should make a key. How dare I, that was so much work! That was too hard! She drew the cell and made a [...]
Open Wide…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I often hear things like, “Oh, four boys! I’m sorry.” or “Wow! Twin boys! I feel sorry for you!”
Boys means lots of things. It means I have more wheels in my house than GM. There are constantly legos under foot. I get to hear all about farts and boogers. Dirt is fascinating. Baseball rules. Mostly [...]
It’s amazing…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It’s amazing what kind of weight a little strand of spaghetti can hold. McKayla was learning about stress and earthquakes and pressure and tectonic plates and all those other things that are important to know about earth science. (Did that reassure you that I’m fully capable of teaching my children?). We did a simple experiment. [...]
