by Natalie Snapp | Feb 11, 2010 | Going Vertical, Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Random Stuff
Today you are five. Excuse me. I need to get a tissue. Just writing that forms a lump in my chest. Not because I don’t want you to grow up because oh, honey. I do. Really. I do. I know it would be weird if you stayed a baby forever and were never given the...
by Natalie Snapp | Feb 9, 2010 | Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Mama Moments, Random Stuff
Say that five times really fast. Susannah turns five on Thursday. You will have to listen to me ramble on about this a bit later in the week because for some odd reason, this is hurting my heart a little bit. She is my baby yet she is becoming such a little girl. ...
by Natalie Snapp | Feb 8, 2010 | Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Mmmm Mondays
I think it’s a great thing when we can start to learn enough about ourselves to figure out what our strengths are as a person. We can then make choices that will allow us to exercise those strengths and take advantage of opportunities that will develop the...
by Natalie Snapp | Feb 5, 2010 | Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Mama Moments, Random Stuff
Two ornery boys. 15 months apart. God help my soul. Yesterday I was at Pay-Less (which, might I add is known as Kroger everywhere else but here in our world it’s called Pay-Less. Let me tell you that this is the biggest misnomer I’ve ever seen because...
by Natalie Snapp | Jan 6, 2010 | Going Vertical, Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Love and Marriage, Mama Moments
I washed Susannah’s pull-up in her load of laundry tonight. As I stood cleaning out those gummy little pellets that make up the inside of diapers, I was immediately transported back in time to a small, bungalow style home which was charming and in the...
by Natalie Snapp | Dec 29, 2009 | Going Vertical, Kids and Dogs, Dogs and Kids, Mama Moments
Whenever I say this, I immediately start singing Ice Cube’s 1993 song of the same name so in typical Ice Cube style, I slant my hat and drag my drawers a bit and say “Today Was a Good Day.” Though I don’t live in South Central L.A. and I am...
