That’s My Girl!

Tweet Julia was her chatty self after school today, but made me a proud (and giggling) mama! Here’s how part of our conversation went… Julz: This boy, Tommy*, came up to me today and said, “Hey, wanna be my girlfriend?” Me: And, wha…. Julz: Oh, I said, “Ew, no! You realize we’re only in 4th [...]

More Fabulousness From @11dy

Tweet Elevendy – the fabulous production house who photographed and created my “Super Mom” image – enlisted the help of Zach and Julia for a couple of shots to add to a series of photos celebrating the number 11. Take a look… Did you publish your favorite picture/s this week? I’d love to see YOUR [...]

Play-Doh Cake Challenge

Tweet The table was covered with Play-Doh. Plastic knives, molds, presses and empty containers were strewn all over the kitchen floor, oozing in to the living room. But, in the midst of the mess, it’s no wonder that Josh and Julia would decide to stage their own Challenge, being the Food Network fans that we [...]

Bad Romance {If Only Julia Knew All The Words…}

Tweet Would you like to see what happens when our eight-year-old gets her hands on my Flip Cam? Ray and I could not stop laughing when we found this video! Julia was a good sport and laughed along with us before she sweetly gave me permission to share it. Scratch that – She begged me [...]

Happy Birthday to Our Julz-Bee!

Tweet "Julia Grace" Create a free slideshow with Picnik! Today you turn eight. {Our baby girl is EIGHT!} I remember the day you were born, like it was yesterday. The first thing I made sure of, seconds after I heard your first cry, was that you weren’t ugly. {giggle} Everyone present said you were beautiful. [...]

“Anything you can do, I can do better”

Tweet No, you can’t!

Overheard

Tweet Getting the kids to bed tonight was quite a challenge. More so than usual. Nearly a whole tube of toothpaste ended up on the kids’ bathroom counter. Ben fell off the bed more than a few times during prayer. Ethan and Zach couldn’t contain their goofyness. Noah managed to head-butt me just above my [...]

Decorate Your Clothes

Tweet Julia and I received a couple of cool clothing decorating kits from JAKKS Pacific recently, and let me say we had some fun! The Attaching Kit was easy to use, there was no mess, and it was a fun way to add some pizzazz to Julia’s clothes. "Style Six Attaching Kit" Create a free [...]