Posts under ‘Joy of parenting’

The other day my husband asked me, “Did you hear that?” “No, what? I answer, knowing full well what he was talking about.
We were all sitting at the kitchen table eating lunch and Boy Blue was fussy. Petite Clown put down her plastic fork and exclaimed, “Boy Blue-uh!”
My husband responded, “What? You [...]

I cannot believe how quickly it has gone.
He went from my little leach to my kick, kick, kicking baby in no time flat! Well, he is still my little leach. But, he is leaching less and Mama is sleeping more, thankfully!
Boy Blue is always smiling. He is the happiest baby I have [...]

Sweet Bear and Petite Clown loved the “marche de Noel” last year. Strasbourg was full of lights and small Christmas trees. The Christmas Market of Strasbourg is the oldest in France and the Christmas tree is said to have originated here in Alsace. There are records of Christmas trees being sold at the Christmas market [...]

Last Night’s Full Moon
Originally uploaded by Will Bragg.
Kids do the funniest things. We all hear it. But, only parents understand what those five words really mean.
While at school today Sweet Bear pulled her diaper off and showed it to another kid. They were on bathroom break and apparently the women that help [...]

Toilet Training is Important
Originally uploaded by Jari Schroderus.
Sweet Bear is not smelling so sweet at the moment. Mama Bear just found her sticking her finger down the back of her diaper and smearing you know what all over the television! She told me she had went poo poo and I had just told [...]

Multi-cultural is even better.Last night my husband was on the computer waiting for his yucky seafood pizza to get done. I will not eat seafood on pizza. I just can’t. It is like my husbands aversion to peanut butter sandwiches which I still love to eat. I was so excited when my brother sent me [...]

You were my angel from the first day I held you in my arms. You were only five pounds and eleven ounces when you were born. You looked like a perfect doll. So, tiny and fragile.
You grew quickly and at six months old you would cry if I held you. You wanted to be free [...]

We went on one of our family road trips today and this is how Petite Clown got herself all twisted up in the backseat! She somehow got her right arm up past her carseats strap and through the neck of her sweater and then she got her other arm out of its sleeve and left [...]

birthday cake.
Originally uploaded by swissmiss.
My Sweet Bear is three today! We have sang Happy Birthday to her for the past two days. I cannot believe it has been three years since she came into this world screaming at the top of her lungs. All the nurses agreed she was as beautiful as [...]

This is the sign in front of Sweet Bears school. Translation: “Pensez A Nos Enfants” is in english “Think of our children”. “Merci”, written at the bottom is a word that even very uncultured Americans most likely know. It means “thank you”.
I think it is funny that a sign must actually be posted to tell [...]