Yeah, that's me and Bear on the local news! :) OK, not really, but we were on the set of 40/29 local news watching it be made yesterday! Exciting! The short version of the story is that Bear and I were asked to come visit the studio and take a tour- we had a blast! Remember when I said we got rid of cable? Yeah, we have an antenna that gets one channel so my "no tv" watching turned into … [Read more...]
amazing simplicity
15 minutes. "ONE, TWO, THREE... GO!" and he makes the sound of a gun going off as he runs across the house, thinking he's as fast as the bullet. "LOOK MOM!" Everything is loud and passionate, Bear does everything in a big way, wanting to be noticed. Bug just watches him, copying every move. "MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY!" and he jumps off the couch while Bug face plants in the same place seconds … [Read more...]
My sweet family…
Today we went to have our family pictures made. It was a beautiful, clear fall day. The kind that makes your blood rush in excitement, the leaves were colorful and bright- even the ones on ground still retained their intensity that this fall has provided. The wind tousled our hair and the children, those darling little angles, were... screaming. Yes. In spite of all the magic around us, Bear … [Read more...]
Last Summer Storm
Here in the south we get the blazingly hot weather unexpectedly. It can be a frosty morning with a record high in the 90's by 3pm. I love the unpredictability of it all, I usually dress Bear wrong for school- shorts on the cool days and long-sleeves on the hot days. Tonight a cool front has moved it. We are suppose to get our first freeze soon and the air is teeming with the excitement of cool … [Read more...]