One of our family’s favorite quotes is from Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and […]
Category: The Everyday
These kids
This boy, Danner Man, is 7 these days and just as loving as ever. Sometimes he shows his love by staging a surprise attack while armed with kitchen utensils, but we all show love in different ways, right? (He’ll also use a brussels sprouts stalk in a pinch, apparently.) This girl, whose strangest nickname is Muffin Monday, sometimes wears glasses […]
Messy Moments
Scott’s been out of town for a week and it turns out I need that man! I knew this, of course, but nothing brings the message home quite so well as serving up pancakes for dinner… at 8pm on a Sunday night with multiple children crying. By and large we’re hanging in ok, but I caught myself saying out loud […]