I had another one ready to go for the letter C but came across this picture and couldn’t resist.
This picture is from April and the lake had basically just thawed and that water had to be freezing. From left – Mallory, Lauren {with her cheeks hanging out}, Liam & Shane.
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In the car yesterday after school, I asked Mallory if we could go for a walk when we got home. Because Mommy needs…”ETZER-THIZE” (that’s right Mals).
But Mallory told me “Um, I think we should go for a walk AFTER dinner”.
Then we talked about some other stuff and I said again “I think we’ll go for a walk as soon as we get home so we can do it while your brother is still sleeping”.
Mallory’s response: “No, I just TELL you what we are gonna do. We are gonna go for a walk AFTER dinner.”
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Unrelated but I have to …
I’m pretty disappointed that week 2 of the “Sam I Am” series is (a) late and (b) lame. I am working on teaching Mallory how to take better pictures but until then, here is the only picture of me from the past week.
Do you see me?
There I am, just over Liam’s head, in the pink coat. I believe I was feeding my baby while my sister was snapping photos of her kids.
I thought I’d invite Mallory to sleep in our bed the other night – and when I asked if she wanted to sleep in my bed, she said yes and had to go pack.
She brought her blanket, two bear blankies, some water, and a paci. What you can’t see in the picture is her asking me to bring her some books.
Unfortunately when Rick came to move Mallory back to her bed, she woke up and threw a fit and didn’t want to go back to her own bed. So poor Rick had to go sleep on the couch…
So in the …
One of my favorite things about being a mom is that I get to watch as this little person I made learns something new every single day.
It’s hard to believe that Carson is already old enough and big enough to learn how to sit up. In these pictures from last week, he’s more tripodding on his new taggie football than actually sitting up for real – and already since then he is even more steadier and less tippy. Sometimes he takes a header and comes up with a drooly face full of dog hair (Mom – settle down – I …
After the successful test dance class back in August, Mallory is now enrolled full-time in the little kids ballet class with her friend Allison. There are only four little ballerinas in the class and the moms aren’t allowed to watch. I think I’ll bring tailgating chairs and a cooler this week and Alli’s mom & I can sit outside and chit chat for 30 minutes while the girls dance.
We couldn’t quite get them to show or tell us what they did in class but I do know that Mallory LOVES her little skirt and little ballet shoes. The dots …
Wonder where she gets it from…
Holy jumping – what a game yesterday! My kids were {again} fantastic and I’d like to thank my cast of thousands who help me make it through gameday!
Carson swiped some of my pretzel and started gnawing away on it – I guess it made a good teething biscuit!
You may have noticed the Mabel’s Labels button on the right side of the blog – but I’m about to give them some real credit. Do you see Mallory’s bracelet in the picture below? I got them from Mabel’s Labels – they are the “411 wristbands” and have Mallory’s name on them along …
Mallory is all about Jimmy Buffett’s “Volcano”, telling me “I want the ‘I DON’T KNOW’ song” and she loves the song “Fins”. Here she is doing the Fins dance!
We were at my dad’s the other day and my dad put Buffett on and Mallory started telling my dad “Hey! We have this (music) at MY house!!”
Mallory & I had a playdate a few weeks ago with my dear friend Shauna & her family. They traveled all the way from Kalamazoo to visit us for a few hours. We met at the Chelsea Treehouse – a really cool indoor playground (good thing because it was one of those yucky days we had in August) and let the kids all play. Shauna & her husband have three girls – ages 5, 3 & 1 – and of course it took Mallory about an hour to warm up to them, even though they were all over Mallory wanting …