Claire's School Picture

When it comes to school pictures, I always purchase the smallest package because you never know what you are going to get.  School pictures usually fall in the category of driver's license and work ID pictures.  That has not been the case for Claire...another cute picture taken during school picture time!  I love it!!

Be Creative, but Specific

When it comes to chores, the boys aren't quite to the age where they are begging for chores for allowance money in return. They really only have one set chore right now as part of their role in the household and that is to gather one laundry hamper each on Friday night. Anything beyond that requires a creative pitch or issuance of a challenge. Apparently, it also includes being very specific...

One evening, I gave the boys an empty laundry basket and asked the boys to go on a scavenger hunt to collect towels for laundry and find out how many they could find. Next time, I need to be specific that the hunt was for DIRTY towels, not clean towels. Brady returned with a fully-loaded laundry basket of neatly folded, still stacked towels from the linen cabinet ready to collect his prize for the MOST towels collected.

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes

Claire loves shoes...she will be found on a regular basis raiding the mudroom or someone's closet for the latest shoes to meet her fancy! She has tried out a pair of shoes from each family member with mommy's heels or Brady's boots being her favorite. It is so cute watching her march through the house with a "look at me" attitude!

Decisions, decisions

I can do this mommy without your help!

Runway model!

And we frequently find Brady like this...sporting one sock!  Why...we don't know!!