Grandma's Glasses

Daddy was quick to snap this one.

Out of the mouth of babes

The other night, my husband and son were reading a book titled, "The Lovables" and they read a part about Self-Esteem.  My husband asked my son if he knew what self-esteem was.  He thought about it a second and said, "Yeah, self-esteem will burn your hands".

After the snow...

...the leaves fall.

Christmas 2008

Mom decides this must be a hat.

Monkey boy towel from Aunt T.

Appropriate for this boy's name...

...A fire engine!

Racin' Ramps Garage

Geo Trax head on

Geo Trax in motion

Adorning my gift from Australia & pointing to the city our friends Chris & Chuck live in.

Pop dropping by on Christmas morn...

Back Surgery

On December 11th at 5:30 am, we arrived to the check-in desk.  Kirk had Lumbar Back Surgery where they went in through his stomach (anterior), moved organs off to the side, and between L3 & L4, L4 & L5, had coils and screws put in and some bone graft that will eventually grow together. The doctor said he created an "environment" for the body to build itself.  He is experiencing a lot of leg pain.  It is a good time for time to pass and time to heal...

I wish I could be a better care-giver, but I kind of stink at it.  I'll keep trying.

Parenthood update

Sorry, I'll get some new pics up soon...

For the blog diary update, this needs to be said.  I am fairly certain that I've got an angel for a son. He's a normal toddler, don't get me wrong, with all the fussing and potty-training and pickiness in food, but overall my impression is he's pretty angelic.

At Christmas, when you open up a new present, he says in a throaty voice, "N-I-I-I-I-C-E!"  You'd have to hear it to believe it.  And just yesterday, we had our own little fashion show of underpants.   He is interested in "sinking Cherrios®" and finding the little "pocket" in his brand new Cars® underpants.  This was absolutely entertaining.

More later and some pics... and NO I did not actually take pictures of his underpants, just grabbed an example online.

How to Le-go of Stress

Look what I made!  Yep, you CAN build even when your kids are in bed.

What started out to be a fen shui of the toy box, turned into some fun stress therapy.

Some things are just for fun.

Kids help you to remember to keep things simple and enjoy the moment.

Cost of building a castle:  Priceless.