Gracie's Year (2010)

Janua ry Calendar helper at school. Star Student Of The Week. I can do 36 of my…

Thomas' Year (2010)

January First taste of whole milk. I meet Aunt Heather. February Happy Birthday…

Bye Bye 2010

I won't be shedding tears at midnight. I will be glad to see this year go.…

Chewey & Thomas

Yesterday Ruth asked me if Chewey was still loved. I can not even begin to exp…

Shipley Family Christmas

I thought it would be easier to make a movie to show you Christmas here in Mech…

Christmas Sweets

There is way too much sugar in this house! How do I know? My kids are bouncing…

Thomas' Second Santa Torture

I shall let the picture speak for itself...and he will have ammo for his shrink…

Still No Christmas Cards

This might be the first year I haven't sent out Christmas cards before (or …

Visit With Santa, 2010

Hmmm, how can I best describe this? ....extremely long line ...antsy toddler ..…

Christmas At Grandma's

It was a busy weekend and Gracie and Thomas got plenty spoiled. They also got …

Princesses On Ice

Christmas came early for Gracie this year. You would have thought that she had…

First Snow Play Day

It wasn't the season's first snow--that happened Monday--but it was the…

Snowy Wait For School

Clearly Mechanicsville doesn't "freak out" about snow as much as …

A Note Of Thanks

I want to thank those of you who commented on my last post, and for those of yo…

Socially Irrelevant

If my "world" had a newspaper, the subscriptions would bankrupt the c…

Our First Christmas Lights

Well, we won't be on the great "homes tour" this year--but we are…

Christmas Parade

It was by far the most cold Christmas parade I remember ever taking children to…

Future Colorgaurd Captain

I raced outside with my camera after I spotted Gracie in the front yard with my…

December Home Depot Project

This months project was by far one of the easiest and least time consuming--but…

12 Projects Later

Today's Home Depot project marks a full 12 months since I started taking Gr…