I didn’t know they were in any danger?
So as many of you know, this summer has brought some interesting health challenges for me. As a result, there were many things I put on the back burner – cleaning my floors regularly was…
Author: Kelly Dalgety
Bambi VS Shamu
Today our budding 4th grader returned home from what according to all accounts was a banner start to the year. (Naturally the bar is set high considering that on her first day of 2nd grade…
The NEW Golden Rule
A few months ago, our small boy had a school program where his starring line was actually a sentence fragment due to the vast number of kids who needed speaking parts and the apparent shortage…
Things you hear at our house . . .
. . . and perhaps at yours, you tell me. Please. I mean it. I’d be glad to know mine aren’t the only 2 having these deep theological discussions. I’m not even sure what started…
Would you buy a used car from this face?
Tonight was not my favorite moment of the day. The time when I’m serving up food and receiving complaints instead of accolades from my children who apparently haven’t received enough lectures on the starving nations. Forgetting…
Omniscience – small boy edition
Part of our morning routine involves a brief time of “praying for the day” in the car on the way to school. One would think this event would engender feelings of good will and spirutality but…
Saving the Universe . . . one veggie at a time
Last week I wasn’t feeling well. In fact, I was downright miserable. In listening to me contemplating whether my family would eat grits or cereal for dinner, my mother took pity on them and baked…
Advance Australia Fair
Last week Emma Kate and I worked on a Geography project. She was initially assigned to Austria, but taking matters into her own hands, she reminded the teacher that Austria really sounded a LOT like…
If you have a small boy in your house
chances are you have a box that looks something like this: For further insight into my life, simply analyze the contents of this box. It pretty much says it all. And yes, those are super…
American Girls meet Valentine Chic
I realized 2 things the other day — 1. If my girls were ever going to have any outfits for their American Girl dolls (other than the 1 change of clothes they currently own) I needed to…