My Ordinary Miracles

  
    So my cabin fever broke today because I…went out…with my bum limping foot…WITH the kids…wait for it…BY MYSELF! That’s right! After spending the last few months practically homebound, this was the first time I took them out on my own without being with someone or help (except for the few minutes Ella, my oldest, rode around [...]

  
   That’s right peeps! 2 whole hours all to myself…and yes it was bliss. I was fully pampered from head to toe enjoying a facial and a Swedish massage on Saturday. My husband decided to give me my Christmas wish and a gift certificate to our nearby spa. Since I haven’t had anything like this in [...]

So, I had some fun today looking through our Christmas pics and thought I’d share them with you! Enjoy!
 

    This year, I guess you could say that I spoiled my daughter on Christmas. But let’s face it, she had a tough year. She was home bound for months while I was on bed-rest and then again while I was recovering from my c-section and then again from my broken foot. She had her [...]

    Today, on Christmas Eve, I’m full of thoughts about our ever changing traditions on this special holiday. I think that’s the comfort in Christmas…the knowing what to expect, the warm feeling of past memories, the newness of the present. That combined with soft holiday music, the twinking of lights, the glee on little ones’ [...]

     Oh Sears, how I loathe thee! I thought by shopping nearly 2 weeks before Thanksgiving would give me the opportunity to score adorable Christmas outfits for my 3 children in stock. Perhaps you didn’t know that my twins were only 2 months old at the time and with a toddler in tow AND a broken foot, it [...]

     Today when the aroma of the baking Swedish butter cookies filled my kitchen, I was full of thoughts about my mom. Every year, around this time, we bake these cookies together as a family. In the early days, this favorite tradition of mine was done at my mom’s house. As kids, we’d help, get full [...]

     So, my daughter’s been exceptionally defiant lately. I guess the babymoon stage has passed and she is realizing her brother and sister are getting quite a bit more attention. She has regressed from potty training, has been climbing all over everything, putting markers in the dog’s butt (yup, you read that right) and playing with [...]

 Well, Fun Day Monday wasn’t as fun as I had hoped…we didn’t quite have time to trim the tree but we did go out and get it finally! We bundled the twins and put them in the double snap-n-go. So what if they didn’t know what the heck was going on! I was giddy and filled with [...]