not me #2!

started by mckmama, “not me monday” spread like wildfire. blogger’s from around the world confess the things they DID NOT do the previous week, and then link it back to mckmama’s blog for the world to gaze upon, gasp and then judge. here is my contribution. i hope you will contribute as well.
this week:

i DID [...]

“red”

red legos
red red red
i like the color red
there is red everywhere
red red red
there is red on ladybugs
red red red
by: moira, age 5

not me!

welcome to “not me monday” a blog carnival started by mckmama and continued on by hundreds of blog readers all over the www. check out what i DIDN’T DO this week then run on over to mckmama’s blog to see what hundreds of others also didn’t do!
this week,

i DID NOT pull olivia’s chair to the [...]

project “WAKE UP ERIN!”

so, i’ve NEVER been a morning person. even with a good amount of sleep, waking up in the mornings is tough. seriously, why would i want to leave the comfort of my bed? yeah, i can’t think of a reason either. don’t get started about the beauties of life, and the kids and their smiling [...]

friends for life

my favorite photo from our photo shoot with abigail and jerry’s kids on sunday. for 11 days every year, we have five consecutive years represented. this year we have ages 3-7.
from youngest to oldest: meghan, tony, moira, aidan and katie.

after lilly’s 2nd birthday in december, we’ll have the same type of photo with the babies.

rare

i am still laying in bed becausei am not feeling well.
i hear a noise coming from outside.
familiar, but not heard recently in these parts.
i throw on some clothes and head outside.
olivia joins me and is giggling and clapping at the sight we are beholding.
the neighbor boys are outside with their mother, and they are dancing.
it [...]

today

everything is trying to get in. so i’m registering only partial information because it’s all trying to get in at once. like a radio trying to pick up two stations at once. you hear distorted clips from both stations and a lot of static. now imagine the radio trying to broadcast 20 different stations at [...]

are you looking at me?

in which erin has her woman card revoked.

the original title involved the word “loses” and i was going to type up a quick grammer lesson involving that word, because more often than not, it’s typed up as “looses” *shudder*.
anyway.
i have a confession. i’m not IN LOVE with chocolate. i know, i know, but it’s true. i love chocolate, don’t get me wrong…but it’s [...]

can you bring the light over here please?

at some point in fifth grade, something changed. i don’t really remember when in fifth grade or exactly what happened, but i was now different. i remember becoming really angry. there was a girl in my fifth grade class (laura h.) and for some reason, we just didn’t get along. she was wittier and cooler [...]