Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on Nov 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Every Tuesday the silly boys go to a Cub Scout meeting so Ruthie and I get some crazy serious girl time. And as you can see, monochromatic pedicures are for the not exciting people. And when our toes were properly polished, Ruthie set to work on a new “tattoo,” and she told me she wanted [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on Aug 9th, 2011 3 Comments »
Okay first of all: the swim suit (ever the eccentric). Second of all: the crazy bad hair “fix” after she chopped it all off herself. And finally: the fact that she looks and sounds exactly the same, except she can’t seem to get the words out around those huge cheeks! I was reminded of this [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on May 24th, 2011 No Comments »
Last night we did a ZugHaus cleaning bonsai together. When we were done, Ruthie decorated the table with flowers from our wisteria vine and invited us all to take a photo. What a great idea!
Posted in Comfort & Control, Ruthie on Apr 25th, 2011 10 Comments »
Yesterday our church held Easter service at Qwest Field – all campuses together in one place, plus many visitors. Over 17,000 people was the last count I heard. At the end of the service Ruthie asked to get baptized, and contrary to what I was probably supposed to feel, I panicked. “Are you sure?” I [...]
Posted in Ruthie, Soundrack on Mar 23rd, 2011 1 Comment »
On Saturday I took a car full of Ruthie’s friends into the city for a special girly day, and we were rocking out to some Mumford and Sons while en route. Just as we were jamming to Little Lion Man, I suddenly realized what lay ahead in the chorus. We don’t censor this song at [...]
Posted in Ruthie on Mar 13th, 2011 1 Comment »
Ruthie turned eight last week, and our birthday present to her was a head full of pink highlights. Real ones. As in, permanent. Bryan was actually willing to go full on head o’ pink, but after I explained fading, roots, and upkeep, he was totally on board with peek-a-boo’s. I’ve never been one to live [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Rage Against The Pile, Ruthie on Feb 9th, 2011 4 Comments »
Earlier this year Ruthie had an ongoing conflict with some kids on the school bus. She wanted to sit in the way back – in the last seat – but the older kids wouldn’t let her. If she claimed the back seat first, the older girls would kick her out. Sometimes she got off the [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Thomas on Feb 6th, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Rage Against The Pile, Ruthie on Jan 22nd, 2011 1 Comment »
There must be forgiveness here cuz everyone has their weaknesses… -Cloud Cult, Purpose If I cataloged everything Ruthie tagged with a marker or pencil, it would make the Ikea catalog look like a Sunday paper insert. My friend pointed out that at least the graffiti was cute, but since nearly everything she tags involves a [...]
Posted in On Writing, Ruthie, Thomas on Jan 21st, 2011 No Comments »
I’m not really sure what I was thinking, signing up for this @postaday thing. While I like writing and feel compelled to do it, I don’t want it taking precedence over things like…I don’t know…sleep. I also don’t want to fill my blog with a bunch of content that’s not really even blogworthy. I often [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Things on Jan 18th, 2011 1 Comment »
Yesterday Ruthie told me she was writing a story at school about visiting her Auntie Jody’s farm in Iowa. It was 2007 when we last visited the farm. Ruthie was only 4 years old, but she still carries the memory of that magical summer. So do I. We were on our way to the mall [...]
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Thomas on Jan 3rd, 2011 1 Comment »
I honestly don’t know how I manage to parent these children sometimes. Between Thomas’ obsessive hoarding and Ruthie’s creative body art, there’s 101 different ways these kids could end up institutionalized. I’ve quit trying to prevent the madness. It’s more fun to embrace it and laugh.
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie on Nov 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
My irrational question: “Why is it so hard for you to just be NICE?!” Ruthie’s answer: “I don’t know mom. I think I’ve gone over to the Dark Side.”
Posted in Everyday, Family, Ruthie on Nov 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
Kayden: “I’m the leader of flowers, Thomas is the leader of soccer, and Cannon is the leader of firemen.” Ruthie: “Yeah, and I’m the leader of them all!”
Posted in Everyday, Ruthie, Thomas, Travel on Oct 31st, 2010 No Comments »
The picture to the left is Thomas’ vision. He was very concerned that Bryan could pull it off, given that it turned out a bit small in relation to the size of his pumpkin, and he was very adamant that the pumpkin have a pucker. Bryan, of course, pulled it off with his eyes closed. [...]
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