Five pairs in 18 days???

I would like to know who said boys are easier! In my experience they are just as temperamental and emotional as girls. And I KNOW they are not easier on their clothes. Josh has proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt by putting holes in 5 pairs of pants in only 18 days! Jeff would blame it partly on the fact that my children seemed to have inherited my questionable sense of balance. But not all of the holes were from unexplained falling down. I am still in disbelief that my son could actually go through FIVE pairs of pants in 18 days! They were all giant blowouts in the knees, most of them totally beyond patches! I wish I had taken a picture. But I guess the real payoff to the boy/girl differences will be 10 years from now when Kaitlin has a closet full of clothes but nothing to wear and Josh will be perfectly content with the 2 pairs of jeans waded up on the floor with a mysterious odor and of course, holes in the knees.





As a side note to this story- Josh actually put holes in a 6Th pair of pants about a week after the 18 day destruction of pants marathon.

Time flies when your having...fun?

It is amazing how quickly time passes! I missed posting for Halloween and Thanksgiving so I figured I'd better get my act together before I missed Christmas too! I could blame it on moving, working, fundraiser, holidays, busy with the kids etc. But the truth is I have just not taken the time to sit down and reflect. Yesterday I went with Katie's class to deliver some boxes of toys her class put together for the head start program. (Head start is a preschool program for low-income and at risk kids.) The boxes each had a theme (zoo, careers, restaurant, etc.) and are used by the classes to help the kids learn about their world through play. It was alot of fun watching the older kids interact with the preschoolers. The class really felt good about what they were able to provide for these kids. It was a good reminder about what we should focus on at Christmas time.

Happy 1st Birthday Elliot Ann!