Timothy is the youngest of my three children. There are seven years between him and Bethany and two years between Bethany and Zach. I look at my older two and I’m amazed at how 
fast they have grown. I know it won’t be long before Timothy leaves behind the toddler stage.
I purposely make time to cuddle with him in the evenings because either he will soon be too big to hold or he will grow out of the cuddle stage. Timothy ranks in the 90th percentile as far as height goes, so it seems that he is growing up even more quickly. So far he still likes …
Sometimes when I’m in the kitchen, Timothy will come in and out. Sometimes he wants to show me things and sometimes he just wants to see what I am doing and every once in a while he will
bump into me because he is not watching where he is going. Even though this is cute it can be frustrating when I’m in a hurry to get supper going.
One night Timothy started his escapades and I stopped him in the kitchen. I asked him if he wanted to help me make supper. He became excited. I told him that I would get everything ready and call him into the kitchen when …
Black beans are nutritious and delicious!
Hallelujah! The heavens rejoiced along with me and Kevin, on that special night that Saioa ate an entire half of a black bean burger. Bun and everything! It was such a joyous occasion that I had to write a blog about it.
Night after night, dinner after dinner, my sweet child refuses everything. I refuse to make her a special dinner of chicken nuggets every night when the rest of us eat a real dinner that I cooked. So most of our dinner time is spent coaxing her into eating. Clapping our hands and saying “Good girl!” everytime she brings the food even …
Back to the North Pole you go!
My family and I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this holiday season. You can tell because by the end of it, my house was a disaster. That last week in December really did me in with all the remnants of wrapping paper, gift boxes, new toys and so much other STUFF. Somewhere along the way the laundry piled up to ungodly highs and all I could think about was getting my house back to clean and organized for the New Year.
New Years Day, Kevin and I got up with the girls, had our coffee and breakfast, then I got to work …
They were my Christmas cookies!
Serophina loves to help us with things, especially when we are cooking in the kitchen. She is always curious about what we’re making and wants to help stir, pour, mix, etc. Unfortunately for her, my time in the kitchen is sacred. I am like a well oiled machine…… I work fast and systematically and do not prefer interruptions. For this reason, I have little patience to allow Serophina to “help” me cook and therefore don’t let her very often.
Christmas Eve I had to relinquish my sacred space to BOTH my girls, so that we could make cookies for Santa. If you thought …
Do you ever notice how curious kids can be when it comes to opening up gifts? They can hardly wait until they can discover what is inside that package with their name on it. Sometimes I think we parents are just as excited to see the expression on our children’s faces. We secretly hope that they will be elated. It is especially fun to watch little kids. They get excited just trying to figure out how to unwrap the present. 
I remember times as a Mom when my children would open a package and have more fun playing with the box that the gift came in! I remember thinking that …
fast they have grown. I know it won’t be long before Timothy leaves behind the toddler stage.
