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January 3, 2011
An End to the Year of the Sushi

Several years ago we started giving each year a food. One year it was the year of the pork chop. The year after that was the year of the shrimp.

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
January 3, 2011
The Making of a Christmas Card

This year I decided to add a special feature to the Christmas Card... I added a QR tag to the back of the card. If you knew what that was, and scanned it with your cell phone or webcam it brought you here!

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
December 2, 2010
Feeling Thankful...

For the last month I've watched friends on Facebook list things that they are thankful for, and last week we celebrated Thanksgiving at our house again this year. A year ago we decided to stay home for the holidays and do Thanksgiving at home.

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
August 12, 2010
Home Stretch

The idea of "The Vegetarian Experiment" was to prepare only vegetarian meals in our home for the summer.  From Memorial Day to Labor Day we would have a vegetarian house. 

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
August 10, 2010
The Business of Busy-ness

I'll be honest.  Writing is HARD when you're a stay home mom.  I didn't think it would be.  I figured I could crank out about 3 or 4 really wonderful pieces of literary blog awesomeness every day.  Truth is it was easier to write every day when I had a job.  For starters I got "breaks".  Those breaks included walking over to the cafeteria and getting a very large Diet Coke and hitting the vending machine for a B-7 - a Butterfinger.  It was heavenly, and not so healthy, but it kept a smile on my face.  So while eating a candy bar and drinking a Diet Coke I could write about the one or two funny things the kids did between the hours of 5:30 pm and 6:30 am. 

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
July 26, 2010
Summer

Soon enough we will be searching for school supplies, meeting teachers, discussing the plan for the school year.  So far there we've signed up for soccer and dance.  Those two activities alone will keep us moving on the weekends.  While I'm excited  to get back to "work" of the regular schoolyear, I already miss the relaxation of having nothing set to do and nothing requiring us to have a set schedule.

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: My Name is Mommy (parenting)
July 25, 2010
Fairness of Loss

"Fair" is something that is a big issue in our house these days.  Gigi is very concerned about being fair.  Her new favorite thing to tell me is "No fair!"  To which I pretend those words are unknown to me.  To her having to carry her own baseball glove is "no fair".  To me it's knowing that the phone rang a year ago and I didn't know it was the last time.

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
June 18, 2010
Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! Sorry its been a while since we've blogged...we've been busy with work, school, dance, etc. that its been too hectic to blog about it!

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
June 17, 2010
Veggin' Out

So far it's going well...  Unless you consider that being a "vegetarian" in Texas is sort of like admitting to being a Cold War Communist. 

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Veggie Summer
February 18, 2010
Eight Years Ago Today

Eight years ago Jolene and I walked into Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth to have a baby. For the most part we were calm, not rushing or frantic like most parents hurrying to the hospital to have a baby. On that cold February morning we walked into the hospital knowing what to expect; we had gone through the childbirth classes, toured the hospital, talked to the doctors and nurses. We were "ready."

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Wilsonisms (All About Will)
February 1, 2010
I love him...I just forgot his name...

Sometimes Reagan falls in love. Often with just about anyone.

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Reaganomics (The Trickle-Down Effects for the Second Child)
February 1, 2010
Some Christmas Pictures

Here's a few pictures from Christmastime around our house.

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
February 1, 2010
Reagan Turns Four

Saturday night we had a rockin "PreGrammy" birthday party at our house for Reagan's 4th birthday!

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Reaganomics (The Trickle-Down Effects for the Second Child)
January 21, 2010
Going to the Tree Farm

This year for Christmas we went out to Mainstay Farm (in Burleson, TX) to pick out and cut down our very first live Christmas tree.

By Christopher Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
January 16, 2010
Differences

Spring Break 2009

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
January 16, 2010
Party Girl

On the wall was a sheet to sign up as Room Parent and Assistant Room Parent.  I've spent my entire working life as "assistant" something or other, so I figured I was qualified to do that.  That, to me, meant whatever Room Parent needed me to do I would do.  And I'm a very good assistant.  Personally, given the choice, I would always rather be First Runner Up than the star of the show. 

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: My Name is Mommy (parenting)
January 16, 2010
We're In The Process of Moving...Again.

We're currently in the process of updating our blog to new software and I have converted the site over. I am working this week and next to get all of the old posts from the old site on here, as well as posting new photos, etc. to the site.

By Christopher Crouch
January 16, 2010
Old Habits
By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: My Name is Mommy (parenting)
March 14, 2009
Summer Breeze on the LP

Seals and Croft.  Open windows.  Mom.

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Noodle Salad
September 24, 2008
The Gift of Gigi

The thing about Will is that if he's "in a mood" he will exile himself and I won't have to be a part of his bad day.  Gigi demands audience. 

By Jolene Davidson Crouch
Tags: Reaganomics (The Trickle-Down Effects for the Second Child)