During the twenty-six months that Kendrie was on treatment for leukemia, she took 2121 pills. Approximately 2121 times, we encouraged her to try to take them the “normal” way ….. just pop them in her mouth and swallow with water. During the twenty-six months that Kendrie was on treatment, she had to swallow numerous doses [...]
The other day, Kendrie brought home from school two little paper dolls … or something …. that they used for a math game … I think. I wasn’t really sure … she was just talking and talking ….. Obviously, I was paying very close attention when she emptied her bookbag and showed me. A few [...]
Cute little sandals: Precious little sequins: An adorable little bow: An 8-yr old tomboy, HORRIFIED that someone might actually see her in a dress at a wedding:
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? To run really fast. What was the last chore you did? Empty trash cans. The ones in the house. What was the last movie you went to see in the theater? I’m forgetting the name of it. Wait, hang on. What was the name of [...]
To the millions and millions of people … ok, thousands of people ….. well, maybe hundreds ….. OK to the HALF DOZEN people who have commented that Kendrie looks just like her dad, I offer the following photographic proof that she is indeed the fruit of my loins (in case my twelve hours of labor [...]
When my children were born, we brought them home from the hospital and they all three slept in a bassinette next to our bed. Well, one at a time, of course. When I had to get up during the night to nurse or give a bottle, I would take the baby to the living room [...]
In case you’ve never noticed, there might have been a time or two in the past when I’ve lamented endlessly, droned on and on, alluded briefly to the fact that Kendrie is a **wee** bit of a tomboy. She prefers boys’ clothes, boys’ bikes and toys, boys’ activities, boys’ shoes, etc. She says her hair [...]
Kendrie — Day 102 OT Blaine — Over-did it a little on the 4th, and spent the last half of the cook out in bed. That, or he was going to pretty drastic measures to get out of helping clean the kitchen afterwards. As anyone who knows me can attest, I am not a touchy-feely [...]
I’m not sure if it’s the sunshine, or sunscreen vapors, or chlorine, or lake water, but some part of this vacation appears to be sucking brain cells directly out of Kendrie’s head. This weekend my nephew had a ball game and afterwards our entire family went out to eat. The six grown ups sat at [...]
16 Days to Go So, can you guess what the highlight of our Thanksgiving vacation was? Take a close look at the photos ……….. what is missing? Yep, you figured it out, training wheels! Check out our cyclist in action: Oops, obviously we haven’t perfected our technique yet. Braking and turning were the hardest maneuvers [...]