Lauren: "For watching Bolt." Ahhh, she's finally gotten the Penny Movie she watched this summer with her Papa.... Great use of her gift card money. Thanks, Grandma Phillips!
Abigail: "I'm thankful for, ummm, ummm, Bolt." Really, Abby. That's the best you could do?
Brooke: "I wish I could say I'm thankful for feeling better, but I'm not. So I'm going to have to go with being thankful hope, surprises, and honesty. And trusting that being a good person leads to good things." I try.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Day of Thanks--No. Five
We're thankful for....
Abigail: "Um, oh, nothing."
Lauren: "Just about Christmas."
Brooke: "Standing upright for more than a two minute stretch. Catching up on my shows. Getting laundry done. Surprises; I love 'em!"
Abigail: "Um, oh, nothing."
Lauren: "Just about Christmas."
Brooke: "Standing upright for more than a two minute stretch. Catching up on my shows. Getting laundry done. Surprises; I love 'em!"
Flashback Friday
Abby's first trip to SeaWorld.
November, 2005
{Abby Claps During the Blue Horizons Dolphin Show}
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Day of Thanks--No. Four
Abigail: "I'm thankful for sleeping with you."
Brooke: "I'm thankful for my bed. For being able to lay in it, after a few hours in my makeshift bed on the bathroom floor, and for being able to spend the day in it. Wow. This is sick beyond my wildest nightmares."
Lauren: "I'm thankful about Abby. I love her."
Brooke: "I'm thankful for my bed. For being able to lay in it, after a few hours in my makeshift bed on the bathroom floor, and for being able to spend the day in it. Wow. This is sick beyond my wildest nightmares."
Lauren: "I'm thankful about Abby. I love her."
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Day of Thanks--No. Three
Our Day of Thanks journal got away from me tonight. I was so busy getting ready for hosting Book Club tonight, I forgot to gather my lovelies for our daily collection of thanks. So tonight I'm going to do something a little different; I'm going to say something I'm thankful for for each of the girls.
Brooke: "Today I'm especially thankful for Geoff. We're in a good place, in every aspect of our lives. We've worked hard to get to where we are. I hope we instill that in our girls. We make a great team!"
Abigail.... I'm thankful for her turn of behavior. She's established herself in a place of comfort now--school, gymnastics. I like this happy Abby.
Lauren.... I'm thankful this little girl is true to herself. Her outfit was off the wall today; she didn't care. I pointed it out to her, she snickered. She's a pistol. I love her to pieces.
Brooke: "Today I'm especially thankful for Geoff. We're in a good place, in every aspect of our lives. We've worked hard to get to where we are. I hope we instill that in our girls. We make a great team!"
Abigail.... I'm thankful for her turn of behavior. She's established herself in a place of comfort now--school, gymnastics. I like this happy Abby.
Lauren.... I'm thankful this little girl is true to herself. Her outfit was off the wall today; she didn't care. I pointed it out to her, she snickered. She's a pistol. I love her to pieces.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Ten on Tuesday
1. Thank God the person at the door when Abby answered it naked was Rachel. The look on her face said it all. Poor girl. I'm sure she couldn't wait to come inside and see what all the excitement was about.
2. If Geoff wants to successfully conquer the evening bath and bedtime routine he has to be one step of maturity above the children. Farting, then laughing about it isn't helping, dear husband.
3. I hate talking on the phone. That's part of the reason I don't call anyone. The other: sometimes I just don't want to know.
4. I'm a lot like my mom, for better or worse. But as I get older I get a lot more like my dad. He's a great guy, I won't fight it.
5. If I had to pick a favorite brother-in-law, I couldn't. They're both fun in their own way. Though I have to say I think Kevin appreciates me more. Honestly, they both think I'm weird. They're the pot, I'm the kettle. Black, black, black.
6. It bugs the poop out of me that people cannot use your/you're and their/there/they're properly. Let's add it's and its to the list, too. Might as well throw in then and than. Ughhh. Don't even go there with the y'all infraction.
7. Today one of the preschool teachers said, "wiener" in an adult conversation. I laughed like one of the kids. You just don't expect to hear that word out of some people.
8. This afternoon when Abby got off the bus she grabbed my hand and walked me home. She told me she was sad at school because she just wanted to be with me. I'm sure she wasn't hanging her head all day, but what a sweet thing to say. She touches my heart.
9. Lauren defies logic. The kid is one-of-a-kind. She's either sweet as pie or sour grapes. Either way, she knows how to get to me.
10. Lauren's struggle with language from time to time always cracks us up. The other day she referred to our neighbor, Amar, as Cigar. Let's just hope she doesn't smoke him!
2. If Geoff wants to successfully conquer the evening bath and bedtime routine he has to be one step of maturity above the children. Farting, then laughing about it isn't helping, dear husband.
3. I hate talking on the phone. That's part of the reason I don't call anyone. The other: sometimes I just don't want to know.
4. I'm a lot like my mom, for better or worse. But as I get older I get a lot more like my dad. He's a great guy, I won't fight it.
5. If I had to pick a favorite brother-in-law, I couldn't. They're both fun in their own way. Though I have to say I think Kevin appreciates me more. Honestly, they both think I'm weird. They're the pot, I'm the kettle. Black, black, black.
6. It bugs the poop out of me that people cannot use your/you're and their/there/they're properly. Let's add it's and its to the list, too. Might as well throw in then and than. Ughhh. Don't even go there with the y'all infraction.
7. Today one of the preschool teachers said, "wiener" in an adult conversation. I laughed like one of the kids. You just don't expect to hear that word out of some people.
8. This afternoon when Abby got off the bus she grabbed my hand and walked me home. She told me she was sad at school because she just wanted to be with me. I'm sure she wasn't hanging her head all day, but what a sweet thing to say. She touches my heart.
9. Lauren defies logic. The kid is one-of-a-kind. She's either sweet as pie or sour grapes. Either way, she knows how to get to me.
10. Lauren's struggle with language from time to time always cracks us up. The other day she referred to our neighbor, Amar, as Cigar. Let's just hope she doesn't smoke him!
Day of Thanks--No. Two
Abigail: "Thankful for my, my little bracelet of my house. Actually I'm not thankful for anything. Because I'm thankful of my lunch from eating it, because I'm hungry.... What's this paper for?" Obviously she has other things in mind.
Lauren: "Ummmm, just lay down and read. And Daddy reads." Obviously she has been warned not to repeat last night's story time of naughty.
Brooke: "I'm thankful for the letter G, the discussion of germs, and the uniquely decorated box of facial tissues Lauren came home from preschool with. She's been asking us all night if we want one. What service."
Lauren: "Ummmm, just lay down and read. And Daddy reads." Obviously she has been warned not to repeat last night's story time of naughty.
Brooke: "I'm thankful for the letter G, the discussion of germs, and the uniquely decorated box of facial tissues Lauren came home from preschool with. She's been asking us all night if we want one. What service."
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{About Me}
- brookie
- Fairborn, Ohio, United States
- I'm a teacher by trade, writer at heart & mom in every sense of my being. I never considered writing as a profession, but after I got married and began moving around the country, I began sharing my adventures, misadventures & updates through a sort of e-mail newsletter. I found a true passion in unconventional story-telling that has followed me into motherhood.