America the Beautiful is a wonderful, heart wrenching song - typically. My daughter, Zany, a first-grader is learning it for her end of year program. It's amazing to me where her mind leads itself... She offered to sing it for us last night. I'm ashamed to say that...
As we were driving to get Zany's hair cut the other night. I asked her to remind me when we left the stylist that we needed to visit the Pharmacy and the Grocer. Just a few blocks later she said, 'Mom, I forget to let you know... I'm very forgetful.'How she does make...
I was talking to Zany the other night. She was telling me about her day at school. She said, "Mom, my sheep didn't move at all today." Apparently, as they are disobedient their sheep moves and the further it moved the more of recess they miss. She had never mentioned...
A couple of years ago....We had the kids yearly physicals today. Zany was ready to get her shots because it was her 5 year check up. I had completely forgotten that the boys appointments were scheduled because they needed their chicken pox boosters. Keep in mind as...
Last year...I was cleaning up the table before dinner I picked up Zany’s rain coat. I had just cleaned it and yet here it was covered in mud from the neck to the top of her head.All I could do was to shake my head and say, “Zany, what on earth did you do?”She gave me...
A couple of years ago I wrote this...Last week we took her to meet her teacher and to see her classroom and she has seemed very excited – a bit nervous – but very excited.Yesterday morning she was definitely excited. She woke up right away. She insisted on having 2...
WOW. What a wonderful evening! My family is so sick!It started out as a typical evening. I picked the kids up after school, rush home to get them a snack, walk the dogs, feed the bunnies, rush out the door to make practice on time. As i turned the corner into the...