Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Eli's first take-home project was due today. On Halloween each year, the first grade classes dress up as their favorite book character, ...

This morning we spent our time at an Elementary School near our church. Lehr was in charge of the painting team, so any work Maddux and Eli ...

Yesterday afternoon, Lehr and I met with Eli's teacher for his fall conference. The main point of the conference this year was to review...

Ever since Maddux has been around, we've made Operation Christmas Child boxes each holiday season. Eli and Maddux usually really enjoy t...

We have parent-teacher conferences this week at Eli's school, so he is on an early-release schedule each day. That puts him home before ...

On of our annual Halloween traditions is the Little 5 Points Halloween parade. If you're not from the ATL, L5P is a little more alternat...

We are in the 'post season' of baseball, and it's a double elimination tournament. We already lost one game, so every game we pl...

I've been trying really hard to intentionally do fun things with the kids. I always have great ideas, great plans, but horrible executio...

Over the weekend we had a rare opportunity to include the kids in a musical event they would normally not be able to attend. Eli's curre...

How many changes can take place in such a short time once a baby starts going to school... Last year was his first year on the big yellow bu...

Where do I start.... The reason for this post is nothing new; Maddux is, has been, and always will be crazy, unpredictable, and awesome. At ...

Eli is VERY excited about seeing Trombone Shorty this coming weekend. He listens to his music and memorizes it immediately. And when he does...

I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way, Eli because a very focused author and illustrator. I remember 'way back...

More often than not, I'm seeing Eli and Maddux interacting positively and by choice. It's not just a Maddux-driven relationship thes...

Eli has a friend that lives one street over. They are almost exactly the same age, and they seem to get along great, though we've never ...

Eli has two friends that are girls that live within a stone's throw of our house. He plays with them often enough and he really likes th...

In the past few months Eli has requested he be allowed to buy legos at Target with his own money. Two times he's been granted permission...

Lehr and I drove separately to church due to conflicting schedules today, so after church, Eli rode with me to his baseball practice and Mad...

Maddux is known for waking up before Lehr returns from the bus stop in the morning. Nowadays she often wakes before the boys leave, earning ...

Besides the OBVIOUS silver lining of last night's events - the fact that Eli is 100% ok - a great sibling development came out of Eli...