above all, don’t panic

Just because the babygirl has an ache in her chest. Just because she had a fever when I picked her up from school. Just because she slept from the moment she came home until it was time for dinner, and then from when she finished eating until she went to bed. Just because ….
Ciel [...]

united way fundraiser eve

I don’t know how many times I’ve used the phrase “kids say the darndest things”, but they truly do! Ciel was playing with her Webkinz monkey – I thin she was slinging it around her shoulders. Paris said to her “What ARE you trying to do, Ciel?” to which she replied “.. just trying to [...]

Say what?

Me: Ciel, what are you talking about?
Ciel: Oh, I don’t know. My mouth has a mind of it’s own.

Sound familiar?

I know they grow up fast. But this is a phase that I wish she would grow out of VERY quickly!!

“A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.”

When do children stop wanting to be everywhere you are? At the age of 8, Ciel still insists on being no further than 10 feet away from me pretty much all the time ….

Weekly update with ….

no, SNL fans, not Amy Poehler! It’s just lil ol’ me ….
I need one of those voice recorders you can talk in to when you get ideas. Because all morning, I’ve been thinking of things to blog about, then when I sit down at the keyboard I can’t think of anything!
Ciel just made a video
Ciel [...]

Silly Mama, Trix isn’t for kids!

In the far reaches of my own little mind, I think I pulled off a shopping coup this weekend – Yoplait kids 6-pack yogurt at 2 for $4 with a $1.50 off coupon for each pack – essentially, $0.50 for six little yogurt cups, just to save you doing the math! So, here I am, [...]

You say CLE-MAH-TIS, I say CLE-MAY-TIS

Can I post a flash movie?

guess the answer is no, so you’ll have to put up with my photographs instead! LMAO!! These were taken at the girls Field Day, Thursday May 22, I think it was!
First, Paris always looks great in monochrome …

Then, Ciel always begs to be photoshopped!

Nothing earth-shattering, just some fairly routine manipulation but it’s all I [...]

It’s been a minute ………… or two

Work has been hectic, and I don’t say that in jest … I spent much of my time getting ready for our annual fundraiser, and then our server crashed, taking with it many years worth of data.  The good news was that everything up to about mid-March was recovered. The bad news was that only [...]