Things overheard at the Wicke house:
Logan: Mom? Why do you walk like that? With your bottom going back and forth?
Logan: Mommmmm...you're doing it again.
Griffin: (at 3am) Dad! My tooth just fell out!
Logan: I don't think Griffin is giving me enough respect, and I don't know how I'm ever going to be able to babysit if he doesn't show me a little more respect. He makes me feel, like a...like a...a...piece of garbage!
Logan: Oh--my--gosh, Griffin! (said ad nauseam)
Mom: Just a minute Griffin and we'll hear your side of the story.
Griffin: Well, one time a loooong time ago...but you said I could tell my story!
Griffin: Dad! I'm making toast on my lamp!
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Lincoln, Mr. & Mrs. Wicke, Logan, & Griffin
Welcome
Ironically, since I'm a Mormon, I don't even drink tea. It was my husband, who, over the selection of Christmas cards early in our marriage, told me that my life was "like a little tea party." I didn't know what he meant then and still don't, but I do know that this "tea party" I'm living is bigger, better, messier, and tastier than I ever could have imagined. I'm just trying to record it so I can remember some of the details when the party winds down a bit.
About Me
- Laurel
- Orange County, CA
- Head party planner, husband lover, kid smoocher, friend talker, opinionated thinker, book reader, food eater, right-brained singer, and belly laugher.
The Whole Family
Lincoln, Mr. & Mrs. Wicke, Logan, & Griffin
Friendly Readers
Family Blogs (The few, the proud!)
My Wyoming Peeps
Our Friends' Blogs
Blogs I Read of People I've Never Actually Met...but Want To
- cjane
- deborah silver gardens
- drawn to the flame
- emilystyle
- fly through our window
- graphics fairy
- hip2save
- it's a shabby thing
- just around this corner
- madame queen
- oh happy day
- one pearl button
- over the big moon
- peace in the pandemonium
- pioneer woman
- polly want a crafter
- queen in residence
- rochelle's ravings
- sew many ways
- shiner circus
- sun scholars
- sweat tears or the sea
- that's what it's all about
- the musings of a wandering mind
- the nie nie dialogues
- the scoop from the loop
Books I've Read in 2012
- Adam Bede by George Eliot
- Two from Galilee by Marjorie Holmes
- A Little Book of Christmas by John Kendrick Bangs
- Evergreen: A Christmas Tale by Richard Taylor
- Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
- The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
- Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
- O Pioneers by Willa Cather
- From This Moment On by Shania Twain
- Let's Bring Them Up Sensibly by Mae Carden
- The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer
- Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
- Whitehorn Woods by Maeve Binchy
- The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg
- Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
- Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas
- The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
- Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story by Ingrid Ricks
- Sylvester by Georgette Heyer
- North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
- The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
- The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
- The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
- I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald
- Madam Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little Britches: Father and I were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
- Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
- 84 Charring Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
Books I've Read in 2011
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- Renoir, My Father by Jean Renoir
- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
- The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair
- Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
- On Folly Beach by Karen White
- A Lion and A Lamb by Rand H. Packer
- The Healing Art of Storytelling by Richard Stone
- The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
- Unplanned by Abby Johnson
- Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
- All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Jennifer Lee Carrell
- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
- Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts
- Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
- Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
- This Time Together: Laughter and Reflections by Carol Burnett
- A Mother's Influence by Margaret D. Nadauld
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- From Sea to Shining Sea by James Alexander Thom
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling
- The Uses of Adversity by Carlfred Broderick
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Favorite Books of All Time
My Entire Booklist
my read shelf:
Things that Make Me Happy
- Mr. Wicke
- My Kids' Faces (especially when they are sleeping)
- Family who Make Me Laugh Really Hard
- Great Friends who Understand Me and Still Like Me Anyway
- Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshakes
- A Clean House
- Bubble Baths
- Bookclub
- Five for Fighting
- Learning
- Warm Chocolate Chip Cookies & Milk
- Kisses from my Kids
- A Really Good Laugh
- The Office
- Cooking
- Loyalty
- Sleeping Late
- Curling up with a Good Book
- Lost
- Going Out to Lunch with Girlfriends
- Jalepeno Stuffed Green Olives
- Chick Flicks
- Good Surprises
- Vacations with Mr. Wicke
- Singing
- Project Runway
- 24
- Candles
6 comments:
You are going to be so happy you saved these pieces of their childhood!! From the mouths of babes!
LOL! love the making toast on the lamp!
I Love it. Tell Logan not to worry someday her bum will do that too.
p.s. we just had a great enrichment. I'll have to e-mail you some stuff.
TOOOOOO funny. Your kids are hilarious!
LOVED your sleepcation post, too. I totally remember that feeling now that you post about it. I am hoping for you that it goes away soon and you can have insomnia amnesia.
You know what, I think Logan has a point. Little Brothers sometimes do make you feel like garbage, especially while you're babysitting!
hilarious.
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