Week 45

Friday, November 5, 2010

Ahhh . . . my sister has arrived!

Saturday, November 6, 2010
I’m bravely waiting for 11 children under the age of 6. 

Let “Jedi Training Camp” begin!

Sunday, November 7, 2010
Two guys. Two birthdays. One big. One small. 

Both mine to love more each day. 

Happy 5th Birthday Rylan and Happy Birthday, Patrick!

Monday, November 8, 2010
Turning five was too much for the Ry-man. 

Now he’s home with a stomachache and fever.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Day five of up-ended routines 

is starting to take a toll on my sanity.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Time is slipping by faster then I can cram things in.

Thursday, November 11, 2010 

Sleeping in my own bed tonight. 

Words cannot express.

Week 44

Friday, October 29, 2010
Excitement is brewing in me and

I’m itching to pull the trigger.

Patience. Patience.

Saturday, October 30, 2010
A date. A date. An actual date without kids.

Sunday, October 31, 2010
They’re ying and yang, good vs. evil,

two sides of the same coin.

Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader.

Monday, November 1, 2010
How is it November?

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
I opened my office door to the sound of Christmas

music drifting down the stairs . . . um, Marilyn?

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
And so it begins. I “help” build the Lego creation

according to the instructions.

Two hours later it is three different spaceships.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Mmmm. Peppermint tea.

Reminds me of living in Switzerland.

Week 43

Friday, October 22, 2010
Query, query, query. 

What to write for my queries?

Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thank goodness for the husband 

who can talk his two-year old off the 

meltdown cliff and get him to sleep!

Sunday, October 24, 2010
A quiet day at home with no plans. Phew!

Monday, October 25, 2010
Peering out from a mass of books at Goodwill, 

waiting to be pulled back into existence, 

a childhood favorite—Andrew Henry’s Meadow.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Kade: “Knot, knot?”
Mom: “Who’s there?”
Kade: “Nanna.”
Mom: “Nanna who?”
Kade: “Um. . .” (long pause) “Knot, knot?”
Mom: “Who’s there?”
Kade: (Another long pause) “Or’nge.”
Mom: “Or’nge who?”
Kade with a big grin: “Glad I didn’t nanna you ‘gan.”

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Chapter titles. I think I’ll add chapter titles.

Thursday, October 28, 2010
A quiet (sort-of) morning with my posse of moms.

Week 42

Friday, October 15, 2010
Dinner at home with friends. 

Minimal chaos. 

Nice.

Saturday, October 16, 2010
The end of an era as we swap out the crib 

for a set of bunk beds.

Sunday, October 17, 2010
FIVE YEARS. 

Five years this posse has been together. 

Unbelievable! 

Monday, October 18, 2010
I can’t keep my eyes open. 

Why am I fighting going to bed?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Four times, I tell you. 

Four times she made me run up that hill!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Some things never change. 

My almost five-year-old just used the 

“ABC—already been chewed” line on me.

Thursday, October 21, 2010 

Oregon, my alma mater . . . Go, ducks, go! 

Week 41

Friday, October 8, 2010
On a critiquing roll. We might actual get 

through our books by the end of the month.

Saturday, October 9, 2010
An impromptu ferry ride with friends,

eating lunch in the rain. Can’t beat it!

Sunday, October 10, 2010
A fun morning singing with a great group of guys.

Monday, October 11, 2010
Taxi? Anyone need a taxi-driver 

because I sure feel like one.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Where did my sweet natured, laid back two year old go? 

He’s been replaced by a head strong, 

temperamental almost three-year-old.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The parents are back in the country. 

Three plus weeks is too long 

for them to be gone!

Thursday, October 14, 2010 

Thank goodness for our Indian summer 

and the chance to keep running 

those boys at the park!

Week 40

Friday, October 1, 2010
The almost five-year-old is smitten 

with a little girl in his class. Is he old enough?

Saturday, October 2, 2010
Laughing with old friends at old stories—you can’t beat it!

Sunday, October 3, 2010
Chilly and gray outside—no wonder 

it’s 4:30 in the afternoon and I still can’t wake up.

Monday, October 4, 2010
“Mommy, seriously, if you turn on Star Wars, 

I’ll give you fifty bucks!” says the almost five year old. 

“For real.”

Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Check out lapommedeportland. 

Beautiful to look at—beautiful to eat. 

Photo by Carrie Cook Minns

Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Runny nose, runny nose, go away. 

Come back some other day . . . 

actually, don’t come back.

Thursday, October 7, 2010 

The operator must be smarter than 

the machine she is trying to outwit.

Week 39

Friday, September 24, 2010
We have hired the “Click and Clack” 

of the plumbing world to help us fix our pipes! 

They are hilarious.

Saturday, September 26, 2010
Good friends, good food, good wine 

with kiddo chaos tossed in for fun. 

The perfect inauguration of our newly restored kitchen pipes.

Sunday, September 26, 2010
A lazy day (with running water)!

Monday, September 27, 2010
I seriously don’t know how to dress for this weather.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
It’s good to have friends who motivate you to 

run faster than you thought you could!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
My two and a half year old is confused. 

He’s singing the lyrics of “Bob the Builder” 

to the tune of “Come Together”. 

John Lennon is rolling over in his grave.

Thursday, September 30, 2010
For a fall day, it sure is beautiful. 

(Don't tell the weatherman.)