Five

Five

It’s been five years since I stopped teaching, five years since The Hubby started medical school, five years since I started blogging {in August}. And five years ago today, this handsome young man joined our family…  June 2008 June 2013 Little J, you have...
Still Having Fun with Birthdays!

Still Having Fun with Birthdays!

Yes, today IS my birthday! I am 32 today and I don’t feel even one bit of it. I guess I don’t even know what 32 should feel like, but I’m quite certain I don’t feel at 32 what I thought it might feel like when I was half this age! Age is just a...
The Big ONE for Double J! {Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!}

The Big ONE for Double J! {Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!}

Our baby is no longer a baby. Excuse me while I weep my way through this day.  How could a year have passed THIS quickly?! Dear Sweet Double J, Our family feels complete since you joined it. You bring us joy every day with your smiles, giggles, funny sounds, hugs...

Pinterest Post Party: LEGO Birthday Party!

When Big J told me he wanted his sixth birthday party to be a LEGO party, I did a little happy dance. I knew the internet was swarming with LEGO birthday party ideas and, sure enough, Pinterest had more than enough inspiration to make planning this party a snap! I...

Frugal Star Wars Birthday Party {Top Ten Tuesday}

As soon as his fourth birthday party was over, Big J started planning for his fifth. He wanted a “Yoda Birthday Party.” He’s never even seen Yoda in a movie since we’ve only let him see Episode IV (the very first one made for those of you who...

#5

It’s not possible. This little peanut CANNOT be turning FIVE today. Or, as we called him at the hospital, our “little yellow peanut” thanks to some jaundice… {you can read his birth story briefly here} It could not have happened FIVE years ago...