10 on Tuesday on: a secret, parenting advice from a toddler & getting busted

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-21T10:52:41-05:00September 21st, 2010|My Family|

1. Tuesday is now officially the busiest day of the week at our house. I think I’ll start calling it “this day is going to kick my butt Tuesday” for short. Up early, big kids off to school, music class with the duder, trip to People Rx, home for lunch, quick nap for Teagan (I almost always have to wake him up, bummer), leave for carpool to pick up Taryn, back home to fix a quick early dinner and then back out to go watch Ty play football. Then home again, way past the little kids bedtime, spend an hour doing bath, pj’s, supplements and medications, put the little kids down, fix lunches and THEN, it’s time for me to […]

T vs. Kinder = Knock Out

Lyndsay Stradtner2011-01-10T22:16:53-06:00September 17th, 2010|Funny Places Taryn Sleeps, My Family|

Kindergarten is tough people.

Not for the weak.

I was trucking along down the aisle when I noticed a few people giving me strange looks. I stopped and looked in the basket. Her feet were up and out on either side of the basket, head propped on my purse, sound asleep. I tucked her feet in and moved on….

Totally out of focus iphone pic taken in the middle of Target today. Just had to document yet another one of her funny sleep moments (and here and here). I’m making a book out of them, I decided.

speaking of belated holidays….

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-15T07:04:33-05:00September 15th, 2010|Austin Photographer, Craft Projects, My Family|

Grandparents day was last weekend and we totally slacked. I’d love to say that we sent thoughtful cards and picked up the phone and honored the wonderful grandparents that our kids have….but, we didn’t. We forgot. But Taryn’s teacher didn’t and the kids drew a photo of their grandparents in class. When we found this in her folder it was an instant favorite and Jase and I cracked up. First, note the purple shoes….I’m fairly certain I’ve never seen Grandma or Grandpa in purple shoes. No, make that absolutely certain. Especially Grandpa. Although I would like to. Grandma is on the right, and I can assure you that she is not a hairy lady at all, and she is much […]

a whole hand

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-09-14T22:56:05-05:00September 14th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family|

It’s a big deal. To be 5. And this fabulous. I’m calling these her birthday photos because well, it’s all I’ve got from around the time she turned 5 two months ago. Other than a quick hug and short visit at childrens hospital, I missed her birthday. Jase and I did the old divide and conquer…I stayed with Teagan at the hospital and he spent the day with Taryn. I missed her. And yet I also realize it is not about that one day, but every other day of the year we get to enjoy her and get to know this fabulous little person. I feel so incredibly blessed that the day of her birthday party was such a good […]

10…back to school edition

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-08-26T21:13:13-05:00August 26th, 2010|Austin Photographer, My Family, Uncategorized|

Man it has been awhile since I posted a 10 on Tuesday. It’s not Tuesday, but I’m awake and have half of my wits about me so here we go….

1. Kindergarten & 7th grade:

Could they be any taller?!?! Time flies. Be sure you click that link, it’s worth it just for the laugh. It gets me every.single.year.

2. As the first week of school is about to come to a close, I have more stories and one liners from Taryn than I can wrap my mind around. Her first day went really well. She was really nervous, but also very excited that morning. All 5 of us actually managed to get […]

kindergarten eve

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-08-22T20:08:04-05:00August 22nd, 2010|My Family|

Dear Taryn,

Tomorrow morning, we will wake you up early with a smile and I know you’ll be your usually grumpy self until you really wake up. You’ll scowl your signature scowl, stretch and then voice a random complaint, likely the last thing you thought of before going to bed or something you dreamed about. It will be random and it will make me smile. I’ll give you a long hung and you’ll curl up in my arms and snuggle on my lap, your head on my chest with your long legs dangling down to the floor. You’ll tell me again how mad you are that we won’t let you ride the […]