Category Archives: Little Feet

Simple Sunday – 80 Degrees and Boy Tooth Fairies

Posted on September 17, 2017 by

Eighty degrees on a Sunday morning.  Husband is gone on his yearly trip to the Reno air races.  The boys and I head off to the Desert Botanical Gardens, (admittedly, there was some grumbling for they wanted the Science Center … Continue reading →

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Fist-pump for our Demise

Posted on July 29, 2017 by

The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown started it. I had not read the book, a library book picked out by Carter with many others on our last trip to the library.  I walked into the living room and saw … Continue reading →

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Returning

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

Ten days without kids.  Oh yes, this happened. Our vacation started off as a family vacation.  We flew up to my hometown to spend time with my mom.  It was a whirlwind tour of Washington and some the places and … Continue reading →

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Passing More than Just Gas

Posted on July 8, 2017 by

While cleaning out Carter’s school backpack to make it usable as a carry-on bag for our trip to Washington, I came upon this: In case you need a translation: I passed a note Lol – cute, maybe cat, face. I … Continue reading →

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Eating your Fractions

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

To keep their brains in somewhat of a school mode, I conduct a summer school of sorts at our dining room table.  Monday through Thursday for an hour or two in the morning the boys work on maintaining their reading, … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Missing Piece

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

Husband left this afternoon on a business trip.  It is not long, less than a week, but it is unusual and the boys and I feel its strangeness. He had been gone perhaps an hour.  The boys and I finished … Continue reading →

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“Where’s the Tequila?” Asks My 11 Year Old Son

Posted on June 16, 2017 by

What do you do when it is 108 degrees out and the weather forecast is predicting 120 degrees in just a few days time?  You practice making sweet sun tea. Cody and Carter researched sun tea and found a recipe … Continue reading →

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Boobs are for Ladies

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

Carter turned up his nose at the thought of making our own birthday invitations and instead wanted to go to the store and buy some. We found our invitations and were walking past the rack of cards on our way … Continue reading →

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Google Docs, OMG!

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

Tonight Carter came home from school very excited to show me his Google Docs. Apparently, today was the first day they set up their Google Drive.  Carter showed me his drive in which I could see some documents he had … Continue reading →

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