Rich MOMents

I'm reading a book to GG in which chickens are the main characters. After about page one, he turns to me and says in a slightly annoyed ...

One thing that has been almost constant since GG came home...his love of eggs. Every morning, "Momma, want eggs. Eggs, toast, Momma. An...

So GG, age 4, continues to enjoy smelling me . It's like he has a little vacuum cleaner nose. I don't usually wear make-up. But on a...

GG and I are home from church today. Friday night/Saturday morning he suddenly had temps up to 104.9. It's the sickest he's been sin...

GG (age 3): "My hands hurt." Mom: "Why do they hurt?" GG: "Because I say so."

It's not unusual for LilDude (7) to walk in his sleep. Tonight after reading aloud from our latest chapter book, Strawberry Girl , I tuc...

GG has been excitedly talking about his birthday (in February) ever since he arrived home (last May.) We're finally getting close enough...

Twice today GG says to me, "You're pretty nice!" And, for the sake of contrast, last night he sang the "Mommy Loves You...

After I cleaned off a counter, LilDude said this about our home: "Pretty soon ours is going to be as good as Grandma's." [p...

GG sits near me in the kitchen. He says, "I'm hot." I say, "I'm hot, too. Why are you hot?" "Ummmm, because...

At lunch, 'LilDude (6) pipes up and says, "7 1/2 and 7 1/2 are 15 cause 1/2 plus 1/2 equals one." "How'd you know tha...

Today we welcomed several visitors, including 2-year-old TJ. 'LilDude was impressed. After TJ left, 'LilDude said, "TJ is COOL!...

This morning the news was on (my first mistake) while 'LilDude was eating breakfast. As usual, it was all about the election. 'LilDu...

You know the criteria by now...if 'LilDude asks for 3rds, the recipe gets blogged. :) Tonight the kids all enjoyed "Chicken Vegetab...

'LilDude talks about math... "I can count to ten hundred. I mean one thousand. I just have to take lots of breaths."

So it seems there was spitting yesterday at recess. In this particular incident, 'LilDude was the recipient of the spit; he didn't s...

Today I recorded kids' answers to the question, "What was your favorite thing about kindergarten this week?" as they dictated....

A young boy slowly trudges into the house holding a bow with a busted string. I say, "You can fix it." He perks up. "I read ...

Today, ‘LilDude (age 5) went to visit his best friend, “T.” T’s mom happens to be one of the most awesome moms I know…and the queen of Love ...

Today at lunch, ‘LilDude (5) pipes up and says, “Sometimes it’s better to be alone than to be scared.” I couldn’t figure out what he was tal...