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Fancy Footwear Fashion Show

This was my son’s choice of footwear for the Fancy Footwear Fashion show his 4K class had at school.  The fact that the shoes light up with each step he takes makes them quite fancy, indeed. View Post

Cute Baby Halloween Costumes

My husband and I have had so much fun dressing up our son for Halloween each year since he's been born. My son was Superman (well, Superbaby) for his first Halloween and I can remember browsing online for hours in search of the perfect baby Halloween View Post

Waiting on Cupcakes

The other night I made cupcakes for E.B. He loves them and I thought the cupcakes would be a special treat. After popping them in the oven and moving on to some housework, I heard a chair scooting across the kitchen floor. When I went to check it View Post

Share Day Anxiety

Let's talk about share day (or show and tell day) at school.  I swear, nothing makes me sweat bullets on a Wednesday night like trying to come up with something appropriate for my son's Share Day, which is on Thursdays every week.  It would be View Post

Spaceman Stu

The other day I caught E.B. singing along to this commerical in his sweet, little boy voice.  It melted my heart.  Yes...a McDonald's commercial melted my heart.  Go figure! Anyway, the tune is quite catchy. Spaceman Stu Liked To Gaze Up At View Post

The First Day of School (Over a 3 Year Span)

     Every year he’s getting a little bigger.  This is one of our “traditional” first day of school pictures.  It started as just an “outtake” of the first day of school shots, but I did it the next year, too…and now this year.  I’m happy to report View Post

My Kind of Rain

It’s a rainy Saturday morning here.  I woke up and the house was very dark and quiet, save for the faint rumbles of thunder.  I never can seem to sleep late on a Saturday morning, but was surprised when the alarm clock proved me wrong by View Post

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