Marriage – Already???

Lucy woke me up around 11 last night.
“Mommy, I’m scared!”
“What are you scared of?”
“I’m afraid to get married.”
Lucy has a crush on a boy. 
I asked her what was the scariest part of getting married.  She lifted up her shirt  and started to pull down on her pants a little - making me very nervous.  Then she [...]

Sorry Santa!

Last night I was trying to be Susie Homemaker. 
The girls and I attempted to make homemade sugar cookies.
There was premade sugar cookie dough in the refrigerator.  Not good enough for Santa.
I read on an Alton Brown recipe to use powdered sugar instead of flour to roll the cookies out on.
So I did.
They stuck to the [...]

My Little Grace Face

Several times a day I hear:
“You are the best mommy in the whole world.”
“Because you are beautiful.”
“I love you momma!”
“My majesty.”
She is an amazingly sweet child.

Uncle Jason

Uncle Jason is surprisingly good with the kids.  I’m not sure why I’m surprised.  But…he did sit the girls down earlier and pay them money in return for them promising that they will make sure that when he goes to a nursing home he gets his own room and a window.  They were quizzed on [...]

Picture

I love it when people steal my camera.  I got home and found this cool picture on it:

Winter Wonderland

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa’s house this weekend.  The kids had a blast sledding on the ice today:
Uncles Timmy and Jason getting the kids ready.

Uncle Jason with Lincoln Gavin and Vaughn.

Grace:

Grace and Lucy:

Uncle Jason & Grace:

Caitlin:

Uncle Timmy and a not-so-happy-about-her-first-sled-ride Jaden.
Aunt Susie joins in on the fun:

My favorite picture of the weekend.  Lucy:

Caitlin:

Brookhart Cousins

All the Brookhart Girl Cousins.  Beautiful picture!  Thanks for sharing Jenna!

And all the Brookhart Boy cousins.

Christmas

This year was supposed to be less stressful – but so far it’s proven to be one of the most stressful.
Am I a nut, or does everyone plan out Christmas? 
I bought advent candles this year…and lit not even one.
I purposely scheduled “Family Tradition” days on my calender – but haven’t celebrated one. 
And we’re only days away [...]

Sleepless Nights

It feels like we don’t sleep much around here. 
Vaughn always wakes up around 4 am and comes to our bed.  I have caught him in bed with the girls before too.
This past week Lincoln has really had a hard time going to sleep.  Jamie has even laid down on the floor next to his crib [...]

Girl Scouts

Today I survived my first Girl Scout Daisies Troop Meeting.  Our first meeting – and I had a Christmas Party.  (I am just not ready to dig into the book yet – too much going on this time of year.)  It was pretty fun.  The girls seemed to really have a blast.  We made birthday [...]