They All Call Me Mom

BROTHER BONDING

Alex is my 13 year old who has been asking for another little brother for about five years now. It took a while, but we finally have one for him. With their age difference, there’s a good chance that Alex will be going off to college when Aiden is about 6 years old.  This thought […]

New York

This summer my husband took our twelve-year-old son, Alex,  to New York.  Just the two of them.  They were gone six days.  That was some serious Father/Son time! Rich was born and raised in New York, so he had a lot of things to show Alex.   These are the photos that I got from […]

The Ref

These past few weekends my 12 year old has been the referee for my 7 year old’s soccer games. A few months ago, he took a couple classes and passed a certification test — then the association gave him that uniform and a whistle and now call him a “Ref”.  I’m still trying to get used […]

grocery store silliness

You know how sometimes you are in a major hurry and you are trying to get things done and you don’t notice some of the things going on around you because you are too focussed on the things you are trying to get done?   Or does this only happen to me?   Last night I […]

middle school

Alex is starting middle school in just two more weeks.   He’s very excited about this and couldn’t wait for the 6th grade orientation day.   I bribed one of the big kids to watch the little ones for a couple hours so that Alex and I could have this time to explore the school. […]

his eyes

For years I have been trying to get a picture of Alex’s eyes in their true form.  Normally the lighting just doesn’t do his eye color justice, but this day at the pool… I finally did it!!  I took the perfect picture of them. THESE are his eyes, the eyes I look into every day […]

working on the side yard

Still working on the side yard.  I had hopes (okay, demands!) that it be complete by July 12th – – but because it’s been worked on a little each day (as opposed to just sitting stagnant)  I’m okay with the slow process. On this day, our son Alex is helping to take the cement forms […]

the interview

Sometimes I interview my kids.  I like to hear their answers to my random questions.  I sit with them and write down what they say, word for word.  Here is one I did on Alex back in January 2010 when he was 10 years old.  I just found it in my drawer and I thought […]