Author Archives: tricialc

I have been caught up in a whirlwind of attempted self-improvement, and totally missed my big one.  The five-year blogiversary! Some things that have changed since I started blogging in 2006: 1. Instead of growing baby teeth, Leila is thinking … Continue reading →

Last night Leila was crying big elephant tears when I tried to put her to bed.  She told me she was missing her Daddy.  Leila does have a flair for drama, with a trip to Chicago on Monday and him … Continue reading →

I have some catching up to do to get us to this point, but I am going to jump right in with Leila’s first day of school anyway. I have a thing about the first day of school.  It makes … Continue reading →

Yesterday was “meet the teacher night” at Leila’s school.  I think they would have been more accurate to refer to it as, “panic inducing evening of chaos.”  I have always been a big proponent of public schools.  I think that … Continue reading →

Life is about continuous improvement.  Most days I feel like the forward progress I have made on myself is nothing to be proud of, but some days, the leap forward I accomplish gives me the energy to keep trying.  Last … Continue reading →

On the nights that I am really tired, I will ask Leila if she wants to read to me, instead of me reading to her.  I hadn’t really given it much thought until recently, but that is pretty impressive.  She … Continue reading →

I have been brewing this idea for some time.  I found it on a blog link that was pinned on pinterest.  The concept didn’t work perfectly, but well enough to contribute an evening of fun to the Coobs family! The … Continue reading →

We made our annual trek to Warsaw Missouri at the end of July, and we had a great time.  We ate a lot, we drank a lot, we got to spend time with our Howard and Morgan families that love … Continue reading →

This little guy just got his Daddy back from a year long deployment.  We gave his parents a little break and brought Quincy along with us to the Coobs Reunion.