Annie B Garman

February 2011 Haley Jane: Age 6 On a rainy President's Day afternoon, after getting home from seeing George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon, the kids and I cuddled up on the couch with my new favorite Netflix show, Liberty Kids.  After one episode on The Intolerable Acts, I put my computer on my lap so I could research more about this subject on Wikipedia. When Haley saw my diversion, she quickly piped up, "Oh!  I have a question for you to put in your computer." I looked down at her, Read More

December 2010 Haley: Age 6 Setting:  The kids are sitting on the couch in the basement watching ME do a Jillian Michaels work-out video. (First thing that's UNFAIR). Haley:  Mom!!  Why do you have a BEARD under your arm pit? Me:  Oh, come ON, Haley... That's not fair.  It's not THAT BAD. Haley:  Yes it is.  THAT. IS. DISGUSTING. Me:  You just wait till YOU have three kids and it's winter time... Read More

Darcy:  Age 4 Setting:  Darcy comes up to me with a pencil and a note-pad.   Darcy:  Mommy, what do you want to order from my resta-want? Me:  Hmmm....well, Pesto Chicken sounds wonderful. Darcy:  Well, ax-ually we don't has pesto chicken. Me:  Okay.  Well, I'll just have some water with ice cubes. Darcy:  Well, ax-ually, we don't has any ice cubes. Me:  Alright....So, what DO you have at your restaurant, Darcy? Darcy:  Breast milk. Read More

Haley:  Age 5 Life is hard with three kids under five.  Especially that first week you bring your baby home from the hospital.  Before tucking my two oldest kids into bed one night, I emphasized how the next morning they were NOT to wake me up early.  I was going to be up three times during the night to feed the baby, so if they could just PLEASE let me rest and get their own cereal, I would be grateful.  We went through what I expected from them and I went to bed that night hopeful for a few Read More

Darcy:  Age 4 Having a baby, of course, is a rocking concept for most children to grasp.  We managed to do a pretty good job keeping things simple and concrete for our kids for the first nine months.   In my last week of pregnancy, we went to the doctor's office for a check up.  As the doctor checked to see how far dialated I was, the kids were on the other side of the curtain with their Daddy getting a little lesson on child-birth. Unfortunately, Colby must have been a little too thorough in Read More

Haley:  Age 5 Haley had been taking swimming lessons during the summer and could swim the length of the pool under one condition:  She HAD TO have her goggles on.  Recently we took the kids berry-picking at a local farm and on our way to the bushes overheard this conversation: Dad:  Watch out for that puddle, Haley! Haley:  I'm staying RIGHT HERE.  I'm NOT moving. Dad:  Why? Haley:  I'm afraid I'm going to fall into one of the puddles and it's going to be OVER MY HEAD...and I DO NOT have MY Read More