I think that Valentine’s Day is one of Nathan’s favorite holidays. I am sure that Halloween is a close second probably because all of the candy I guess. Anyway, for WEEKS, Nathan has been making “valentines” scattered about our house. He’ll draw on a piece of paper then ask if we can mail his “valentine”…

In about twenty-four hours I will officially be away from David and the kids for approximately the following thirty hours. I am going to a women’s retreat at our church on Saturday and running through Sunday. Besides the fact that I have to arrive at an unthinkable hour of 7:30 AM, I am most nervous…

Today Nathan began making up his own songs about M&Ms. It goes “1, 2, 3, 4…. M&Ms, M&Ms”. While walking through the grocery store this evening to pick up milk, he began pondering out loud what different kinds of candy he would get for Halloween. We were each divulging our faves. He picked M&Ms, lollipops,…

Nathan went for his dental checkup yesterday, with great anticipation on his part. It was an added bonus because we got to go just the two of us and have some chat time on the way there and back. So, we get to the dentist’s office and N8 makes a beeline for the play area…

One of Nathan’s favorite things to say about his teacher is that she’s so silly. This morning while getting ready to blow-dry my hair he tells me, “Mommy, I am going to tell you the silliest sauce that Miss Jan said to us. It is just so silly it’s going to make you giggle all…

This afternoon after picking up Nathan from preschool we decided to check out a few garage sales in the neighborhood next to the school. Imagine Nathan’s shock when he walked right up to the garage of one house only to find it was Ms. Jan’s (his preschool teacher) house! He kept going on and on…

For the past two weeks since preschool’s been in session, Nathan has come home EVERY DAY with sand in his shoes. And not just a little – a lot of annoying sand. Today just as I was buckling him in to the car from picking him up at school, he says to me that’s he’s…

Happy birthday, Nathan, my love! Four glorious and great years ago you came into my life and turned it upside-down….in a GOOD way! Your constant quest for knowledge and fun keeps me loving life every day no matter how hard that may seem at times. Thank you for being you and for being patient with…

It’s been nice having my sis here to help with the kids. As you can tell, she’s been great at it: And, Auntie, Nate, and Will at the Farm:

my Godmother gave to me, a goodie bag with yummy treats! Nathan’s first day back at preschool started out great. Season, one of his godmothers, had dropped off a goodie bag the night before so he got to dig into it just after breakfast before heading out for his first day back at school. There…