Hot (because it was 30 degrees outside) young wife climbs into bed. She grabs her hot young husband and pulls him close, grabs his chest, and starts kissing his face.
Hot young husband: “What is that smell?”
Immediate break in mood — the mood that didn’t really get a chance to be created.
Hot young wife: “Um… I [...]
The tradition continues… pictures in the garden in the early summer. These were taken in the front yard today after church. I’m really enjoying the kids this summer and the stages they’re at. But looking back at the garden pictures from 2007 and 2006 really reminds me of how fast these years go and how [...]
Today I invited my mom over to watch Enchanted with Madeline and me. At one point when there was talk of kissing, Madeline got very obviously (but very cutely) awkward and uncomfortable. Then when the dad and daughter were saying good-bye to Giselle outside of the apartment building, Madeline quietly said, “These stupid tears snuck [...]
The kids are happily playing with some homemade play-dough we just made (even if I only had enough salt for a half a batch). Olivia is quietly putting dominoes in a playing card box (actually, now she’s eating the dominoes). I’m organizing the basement.
It’s a good day for a rainy day.
An hour and a half [...]
So, any of you who are friends with me on Facebook may have seen my status the other day where I said, “Dixie is wearing a $91 bra.” After we dropped Marc’s folks off at the airport on Tuesday, I finally got a bra fitting and had the money to buy a bra that would [...]
Madeline will be making her way proudly to a grade 1 classroom when the school year begins again. Not that I ever doubted that should would; it’s just that now it’s official. We went to pick up her report card today and she got all 1s (”excelling”), except for one 2 in “correctly copies printed [...]
It’s summertime again. Yesterday we had our first, of many, visits to the beach. And I’m again struck with the awful feeling that I am going to have to get as good as naked with everyone who is sitting at our beach of choice. Yuck. I’m just so conscious of every smooshy, bloated part of [...]
This is the first day in probably 6 months that I haven’t been dressed before or shortly after breakfast. And now it’s 2pm and I was going to have a little rest and then shower and pick up Madeline from school. Then Olivia woke up, and Luke needed me, and the in-laws got back from [...]
Olivia is sick. A strange sort of sick — her body is hot but not her head; she still has energy but she has a horrible runny nose and she gets a bad cough when she lays down. She didn’t want to go to sleep last night. We finally got her “settled for the night” [...]
Trying to lie under the apple tree and read — Sex God arrived today.
Saw two birds mating on the fence a metre away. Very strange to be a spectator of that.
Meanwhile…
Madeline is scared of the bugs in the pool, so she won’t go in.
Luke doesn’t want to go in the pool unless Madeline is [...]