Look Out, Lebron!!

It's not who you think! :) JPD, you da man!!

Eat Our Bubbles!

Loving our swimmers!

Kindergarten Star!

I had the privilege of spending a morning in class with JPD in May.



JPD, I am so proud of all your hard work this year in Kindergarten! You did it, my sweet little lover boy! And as you discovered early in the year, "Mom, I'm smart in school!" Yes you are, sweetie boy, for sure!

Celebrating the End of School

MRD and JPD, at least; KLD was running around with her friends and I couldn't catch her on film!! What a great end to a great year!

Tooth Fairy On Call

Look who lost his first tooth! Go JPD!
June 18, 2011

God Bless America!

End-of-School-Year Pageantry...

Happy 6th Birthday, JPD!

J-Man, what could be more wonderful than YOU?!

You are the sweetest, funniest, most generous soul!

It is fun just watching you grow up; how blessed your dad and I are to get our front-row seats for all your amazing antics!

You're my little lover boy, for sure!

In closing, a recent quote from JPD himself...

Mom: "J, you're my boy!"
JPD: "Mom, you're my MOM!"

xoxoxoxoxoxo!!!
(Yes, those are TRANSFORMERS on that cake! "More than meets the eye!")

Superbowl Heaven

Could anything be better than being a 12-year-old boy in Wisconsin this week?Only being an almost-6-year-old boy in Wisconsin.

Or perhaps being an almost-3-year-old boy in Wisconsin who's pretty sure his oldest brother *is* one of the Packers...

Quick Takes Friday

Joining Jen at Conversion Diary for Quick Takes Friday!

~ 1 ~
Just getting through January, here at Chez D. Does everyone always feel that way in January? Just getting through it. Our one big bright spot is MRD's 11th birthday, coming up at the end of the month.

~ 2 ~
This week I have been knocked out with the flu and slept for, like, three days now. I am so thankful that my wonderful BILL has taken over pretty much everything around here so that I can sleep! This flu (sinus infection? whatever!) has been weird because the first symptom was that I woke up on Monday with hugely puffy, swollen eyes, before I even felt sick. Never had that before!

~ 3 ~

Recently overheard at our house (about 9,746 times):

"MPD, time to put on your boots!" (or any other request or comment directed at our sassy little love bug)

"No, no. Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!"

This was very cute, like, the first 30 or 40 times he said it.

~ 4 ~
WWD is going winter camping this weekend with his Scout troop. Although there will be cabins, the boys have the option of digging snow caves to sleep in. Guess which one WWD's going to choose? Of course--snow cave. His mom just hopes that someone makes him wear a hat, because if it's up to him, as I hear daily..."Oh, mom, I don't need a coat/gloves/earband! It's no big deal!" Brrrr!

~ 5 ~
This was a great week to be sick with the flu. FREEZING here. And I didn't have to go outside at all for 3 whole days. Did I mention how much I love my husband?

~ 6 ~
Anyone else out there ever feel like they just can NOT go on another minute? You know...overwhelmed with life and want to run away? Me too. I'm just saying. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

~ 7 ~
And on a lighter note...
Have you seen this commercial with the Geico woodchucks?
We love it! We can't stop calling JPD and MPD our "woodchucks." It's just a little too close to home, for sure!

Happy January, everyone!!
And go see Jen for everyone else's great Quick Takes posts!

My Second Favorite Thing About Catholic School

Their darling Christmas pageant!
It was adorable and everyone did such a great job!




P.S. My first favorite thing about our Catholic school...the kids go to Mass twice a week, one of which is a special Mass just for them where they participate as readers, gift-bearers, etc. I like lots of things about the kids' school--Mass and celebrating real-live Christian holidays top my list!