Nurturing instinct

Henry and I are downstairs (the rest of the family are upstairs breaking in the Wii for Family Home Evening, but Henry and I quickly got bored with “Zack and Wiki”) and I just pointed out a ball that Henry might enjoy playing with. He brought it to me and I threw it to [...]

Wheee, we got one

We talked about getting a Wii for Christmas, but didn’t find any easily and gave up. Then we talked about getting one for Easter, but gave up because the local stores all get them in on Sunday mornings and they sell out before Monday (and, as Mormons, we don’t shop on Sunday,) and Dean’s [...]

Stylish Rose

Rose has been having a tantrummy week, and today she decided she didn’t want to get dressed, have lunch, or take her nap.  I settled on making her take her nap, during which she screamed periodically until finally (an hour later) she was ready to get dressed and have lunch.  Then she was in a [...]

Peanut allergy update, etc.

Rosie just grabbed my arm and said, “You’re so cute, Mommy!” I was grateful for the compliment; I can use the boost this week. (Then she said, “You be the tiger that tickles the girl!”)
I’ve read J. K. Rowling saying that she never talked about the Harry Potter books while she was writing them, [...]

Comedy and tragedy

Family Easter egg scripture activity

We were given this set by the Primary a couple years ago and I’m sure they got the idea from somewhere else (I’d give credit, but I just don’t know the original source.) They’re plastic Easter eggs with little props in them that go with scriptures. Some of the scriptures in our set [...]

Poise

Update:
Dean: “You should put a background on it.”
Me: “You mean, like, some artistic kind of thing?”
Dean: “Yeah, like . . . the planet Saturn or something.”
2nd Update:
Mabel:  “You know what you should do?  Leave my hair on, and the dress, but cut out the face, and put Henry’s face where my face [...]

Our Easter miracle: getting a halfway-decent family picture

We were all tired and hungry and Rose was using her photo smile and Henry didn’t want to stay on the porch and the tripod wasn’t tall enough and we’re posed badly, but I had to document our other miracle: I discovered the girls still fit into their dresses from last year, which would [...]

Striped egg how-to

These are my favorite eggs to make, and they’re easy to do, although they do require steady hands and patience.
1. Dye the egg a light color.
2.  Carefully hold the egg so that one end is immersed in a second color (or the same color again.)   When you’re finished, it helps to immediately dry that end [...]

I love Easter