Sweet Life With Mary

Almost every Wednesday for the past two months, Mary had been going on a playdate with Marley, her newest best friend from Kindergarten. I am thankful beyond words that they keep having her over and that both Mary and Marley keeps enjoying their time together outside of school. As Marley is not comfortable yet to […]

One that she would probably not have until later since she does not, currently, own any shoes with laces (Hurray for Velcro!).
But, she acquired this Build-A-Bear dog on a recent playdate (more on that tomorrow) and the dog is sporting laced skating shoes.
Mary, at 5, I’m happy to say, listens to instructions VERY WELL, when she […]

I participated in the Click! The Photo Event this November - my first time and after seeing all the other entries, I knew my photo was not up to the caliber of a lot of them.  I thought maybe for the Delish (Most Drool-worthy) category, I will have a chance…
Yay! I made it to the […]

Left to my own devices, I would not have started putting up the Christmas tree this early.  But I’ve been inspired by Amy at Inherent Passion, The Deans, Beth over at Mommy Come Lately — they’ve done their decorating over the Thanksgiving weekend.
We usually wait until the 1st or 2nd weekend of December, probably because I was […]

I alluded to some “exciting” winter driving on a previous post while we were driving home from our Thanksgiving trip.
Was it truly exciting? You be the judge.
Here is what happened.
We left Des Moines, Iowa at 6:30 am, it was cold, there was snow on the ground, but the roads were dry as we headed out. […]

One of the things we enjoyed at our visit in Iowa was the Wii Gaming System that Jack’s sister had purchased for her grandkids to use when they visit her.  Mary enjoyed playing it so much that this has gone on top of her Christmas Wish List. 
No matter how many Santas hear of her wish,

unfortunately, it […]

I was privileged to discover another inherent quality that Mary possesses— a gentle touch with, and loving care of animals.
We stayed at my sister-in-law’s house while visiting Jack’s side of the family for Thanksgiving.  At her backyard is a pond filled with colorful koi of various sizes.  Beautiful pond, beautiful koi.

When Mary was told that […]

On our way home from our Thanksgiving trip to see Gramma and we stopped in Kansas to visit a friend.  Though, it is not officially winter yet in our part of the world, we had been driving through some “exciting” winter conditions. 
More about it tomorrow, we just stopped at a McDonalds about 100 miles from […]

As I get ready to chow down on hearty, traditional American thanksgiving fare that Jack and his sister had prepared, I contemplate participating in this “unique meme that challenges and inspires you to set and complete realistic goals in life.”
The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. […]

For this meme, I thank again, my friend, Racgold and her Filipino blog, Kuwentong Kengkay.
This tag is simple. If you feel comfortable and your better half does too, you can post a picture of him in your blog ( but if not a description will do). May it be a baby picture anything that you […]