Sooner or Later…

Do not put a newly laid egg in your coat pocket to keep it safe and then get buckled into your carseat.

Tidal waves are sources of great devastation,
Especially at lower elevations.
Tidal waves are created by the movement of the earth,
Or the rhythmic movement of small boys.

 
Always take your own map.
 
 

We are house hunting. Our eventual plans were to move closer to fil & mil which is the Hardy area in north central Arkansas. Since mil’s death hubby really wants to be closer - thus the house hunting.
So today we went and looked at a home with lots of space but only 2 acres.
And chiggers.
Which […]

Never check your chicken pen at night in your bare feet.

Happy Birthday Dear Grits…
Happy Birthday to you…
I promised myself that I would not be my mother.  I would take the time to build sand castles, chase butterflies, and pick flowers.  I would memorize you.
But I didn’t.
Instead, I dragged you along with me into my world.  I tucked your 4 month old self into a baby […]

…if the older kids are using the potty, please wait your turn, DO NOT use the litter box.
Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t bury it.

When waiting at a hospital in the early morning never ask a restless 4 yo what he can see out the window.
“Lots of people.  They’re dead.  They’re down deep.  You can’t see them and they don’t come back.”
Accurate.  It’s a Catholic hospital with an historic cemetery right outside the window.  Don’t think that the families of the […]

Never tell a 4yo “I want to see you eat your supper.”
Because you will.