Category: Tom
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Spring break
Spring break has been glorious. I didn’t realize how tired I was until my body collapsed into a heap of exhaustion for days on end while the kids enjoyed way too much time playing on iPads. I think Shep and Neko have built an entire new civilization on Minecraft by now.
Then I cleaned my car. I worked a few days on getting ahead at school. Instead of an all-house spring break purge, I tackled the zones that were really bothering me. (Did you know our children’s bedrooms have doors, and when you close them, the mess magically goes away?)
Today we took a road trip. Took in the science museum and then a delicious meal at a restaurant with amazing light. I managed to sneak everyone’s photo. It appears we are in that phase where everyone sticks their tongue out for the camera. Super.
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Murphy
Tom is a cat person. A cat person who married a dog person. But the dog person has family members with cat allergies. So we just kind of tucked the whole cat discussion on the back burner.
But this year we decided it was time.
Tom began a search of shelters, looking for the perfect kitten. And a few days before Christmas, he found one. The only catch was that the woman coordinating Murphy’s adoption was coming home from vacation and wouldn’t be back until the next day. They assured him that no one would be adopting him until the next day and to come back then.
Neko and I were at riding when they discovered Murphy, so that evening we went back to visit him to insure that everyone could cast an informed vote. But when we walked in, his cage was empty. He had been adopted 30 minutes earlier.
You have never seen three such miserable children. They sobbed the entire drive home. They were inconsolable. Tom was crushed.
We put the word out we were looking for a kitten. We found a litter locally, but Tom wasn’t ready yet. He wanted a few days to get over the loss of Murphy.
But then, standing in his favorite record store, he got a call—our kitten had been returned and was available for adoption again.
Welcome home, Murphy.
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Christmas
We made it!
There were presents and excitement and squeals of delight. The obligatory assembly of toys and a sea of wrapping paper.
We even put lights on the tree.
Even though we got it out, we forgot to hit record on the time lapse camera. Although it would have been fun, we’ll be fine without it.
Perfectly imperfectly perfect.
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Happy birthday, Tom
Happy birthday to an amazing man, one that continues to roll with all my crazy, including trying to figure out how to properly celebrate a birthday 11 days before Christmas.
We hope this homemade, gluten-free apple pie begins to express how much we love you.
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Night out
Look at us! Out for the night! With friends! And drinks! And brussels sprouts pizza!
Filled to the brim in so many ways. Good stuff.
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Getaway
Tom and I got away this past weekend, just the two of us, to belatedly celebrate our 10th anniversary.
Here’s my summary of the weekend:
1. There is something that goes on in my new bag that turns my camera on repeatedly and runs out the battery. I love my new bag. I do not like this problem.
2. As a consequence of said camera incident, I only have these half-hearted camera phone photos to show for it.
3. I love my husband.
4. I love my kids.
5. Sometimes I need to be away from them to remember how much I love them.
6. It’s possible all Tom and I need on a getaway is a couch, tv, good book, bike, and solid internet connection. In hindsight, we could have done this more cheaply closer to home. But it WAS really nice to see the ocean.
7. We have some of the most amazing friends and family. There are not many people who would willingly take our three crazy children on for more than a few hours. Amazing, I tell you.
8. I only took photos on one day since the year began. ONE DAY.
9. I finally got the blog caught up. (January was kind of a freebie, considering that whole one day of taking pictures thing.) Being caught up is incredibly liberating. Telling myself that putting the camera down every now and then is as well.
10. “The Hunger Games” series has managed to reel in both Tom and myself and now we are fighting over who gets to read Book Three first.
Yep, I’m ending on a schmaltzy teen novel rather than tying up this whole rambling mess neatly. How’s that for shaking things up in the new year?
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Christmas
I only took these photos today. But we did set the time-lapse camera the night before. My favorite part is that the kids were all like, “Oh, we just got out and took a look at the presents for a few minutes, that’s all.” But, I don’t know about you, but I see a whole lot of investigating going on.
A fantastic American Girl, Star Wars Lego, skateboard deck, car radio, whole lotta family time day was had by all.
