In her daddy’s shoes…. er, shirt.

Anyone who knows my husband John knows about his love affair with Illini basketball. His orange to any-other-color-t-shirt ratio is something like 4:1. Super L, observant as she is, has picked up on this fact. This weekend she pulled her toddler-sized, Chief Illiniwek t-shirt out of her drawer, put it on, and announced: “Look! I [...]

The list.

So, I’ve had a mental list of things to blog about, but I just haven’t had/made the time. So without further ado, here goes:
Mini-blog #1: The fabulousness of Sheri
She will never read this blog, and she never hardly talks to anybody who reads this, so I could probably say anything I want, and she’d never [...]

Update on “the bad note.”

Thank you to everyone who responded either here or via e-mail. We did decide to tell her teacher because we’ve heard from LMG before that one of these boys isn’t very nice, and she and he are assigned seats at the same table. We thought the teacher might know something we don’t that would make [...]

A perfect day.

Last weekend we had our Mother’s Day outing that was postponed due to bad weather. I am so glad that we decided to go when we did because 1. the weather was G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S, and 2. it was Chinese Heritage days, which means more fun and educational things to do.
First of all, both my mom and [...]

Today my heart broke.

In my previous post that I introduced Little Miss G’s best friend is A. It might be more accurate to say that A is LMG’s only friend that she actually thinks and feels is her friend at school. LMG has struggled all year long to fit in socially. I anticipated this because she is the [...]

The tale of the pink bracelet [as reported by John].

Yesterday during recess, Little Miss G found a bracelet on the playground. She asked the playground monitor what she should do with it, and the monitor told her she could keep it since it’s just a little pink plastic beaded thing. Well, I suppose LMG also lost it during the recess in which she had [...]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Groceries $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

When we first moved into our house eight years ago, if we bought over $100 in groceries it was difficult to fit all of it in the fridge and cabinets. Tonight I did the normal, two week shopping. Not a lot of extra treats… no bottles of red wine… no tasty pastries… I did have [...]

Mother’s day was interrupted…

… by some seriously crummy weather. We had planned to take the kids to a park or some other kind of outdoor fun. I would make a wind/weather joke, but there have been so many weather-related deaths and tragedies, that I probably shouldn’t. Suffice it to say that the wind was so strong that even [...]

It’s a circle thing.

Last night, I informed my brother that he was about to witness a momentous occasion–Little Miss G’s first t-ball game. I’ve played softball since I was 8 years old, and my husband and I literally met on the softball field. Now our oldest child, who wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for this sport, [...]

Things Ron has seen me do.

I am dedicating this blog to one of my most loyal readers and taking a much needed trip down memory lane. So without further ado:
1. As a eighth grader, I beat Billy Walker (who was a senior) at a bobbing-for-apples race… Billy had a big ego. The look on his face was priceless to realize [...]