The Longs' Way Home

When I took a year break from teaching right after John & I got married, I was a registrar at a church daycare center. Other than holding the babies, my favorite age of children were the toddlers and early two year olds. They had reached the age of starting to communicate with words and were eager to hug those they recognized. D & E are at that age. E will often run to my lap to talk to me. Her language consists of a bunch of gibberish with the occasional English word mixed in. Something like: "hflsjkfosjisoio eyes, hiofjiocnjkakl potty, jiodsjfioojicjis chicken, dkjosajifjisdoajhk wash your hands." D has a flirty face (which concerns me greatly for later in life, but that's another post!). His language is similar to E's, but he begins his sentences with "Ummmm" or "Sooo". (John has NO idea where he picked that up!) He also must use hand gestures to get his point across. I love this age. Don't get me wrong... they have some ...

No, this is not an instructional how-to post, and yes that was a lame reference to the song by "The Fray." So, 2010 is 3 days away, and thus, it's resolution time. Among many other things, one resolution I have is to start blogging again. Not only to report family happenings but also as a creative, venting outlet for me. I love writing but, as with many stay at home mommies, my interests sometimes take a backseat to building block towers, Playhouse Disney, and constant cleaning. So my last post was a year ago. Thankfully, I jumped on the FB wagon so everyone could keep up with the kiddos through pictures and my sometimes too transparent status updates. But, in the interest of keeping the blog up to date, I will quickly recap our favorite memories from the past year! January 2009: E was walking around, D was standing and trying to follow. They were champs at eating puffs, but not too crazy about a lot of other foods. However, teething FINALLY began! February 2009: ...