An AMAzing aMEREKin Life

Oh how I wish I could view the world through my children’s’ eyes more often!! Ama conquered ‘no training’ wheels last summer thanks to my brother’s great (and patient) teachings. Since Ama is my little cautious one, her bike riding progress was definitely at a snail’s pace. But once she turned that corner of feeling comfortable getting on/off her bike and starting/stopping her bike on her own, it’s been hard to get her off of her bike! And of course, as with most children, she wanted desperately to ride her bike out of the neighborhood to an actual destination. The protective mom in me initially said no. But her adorable, adventurous spirit and unwavering persistence finally got me to ‘notice’ that we do have sidewalks from our neighborhood to the stores nearby. So with Merek and Dad following in the golf cart as protectors, we set off to hit the sidewalks and break free of the neighborhood! What’s beautiful about a child, is that she was noticing everything the...

🎄Happy December!!🎄 Christmas 2019 came upon us so so fast!! We squeezed in as much as we could during the month of December.  This included baking, cookie decorating, gifting, volunteering at Ama’s school, singing to Christmas carols (which started before we even celebrated Thanksgiving 😆), having chilly mornings with Hot Chocolate, enjoying chilly night golf cart rides admiring our neighborhood Xmas lights, eating, eating, and more eating!.... and lots and lots of snuggles with favorite Christmas movies and books! Here are a "few" pictures to recap our December..... Decorating our tree is always fun. The kids decorate the whole thing! Pat and I have our roles, but the kids get to choose where the ornaments go and hang most themselves. I get to sit with my glass of wine and unwrap each ornament, reminiscing over the stories that go with each special one.  There is only one ornament that I can’t remember how it came about....but as for the r...