Tag Archive ' learning'

We are here.  We have been talking about this trip for months now.  The last time we were here was at least 2 years ago, and we are finally back.    Little Lady clutches her purse, her gift card safe and secure inside.  Middle Little Lady grips her money in a little ziploc bag. She…

Some of our best conversations always seem to happen while I am driving… “Mama, when I grow up, I want to have a covered wagon.  Not a car,”  My Littlest Lady announces. “Okay, that would be fun,” I tell her. “I mean I am going to live on a farm in the mountains, you know,…

I have one list in my pocket.  And I have many other lists in my head.  I am trying to simultaneously follow directions, drive, answer my Little Ones’ endless questions, and tally up the items on my lists.  Oh, and sing.  We are all singing in the car too, of course. My heart is fighting anxiety while…

we are snuggled on the couch sandwiched together, more like.  Little Lady leaning into me;  Littlest Lady, on my other side, resting her head on my shoulder, her arm linked with mine, and Little Man, well, he is on my lap, squirming about, looking up at me, laughing, chattering, easing his way off my lap…