The Elferings

meeting of the minds, hearts and souls (usually)

All By Mine-Self

| September 11, 2011

One of Mac’s cute phrases is “all by mine-self” when he does something himself.  Sometimes he’ll even draw it out and put his hands on his hips, saying it proudly, with authority. The other day, there was some fresh banana bread on the counter (thank you, Lisa!).  I had cut a few pieces off for [...]

Fall In!

| September 10, 2011

We’re off to the races this week in the Elfering house, business as usual for us in our busiest couple of months of the year. I started back to work last week, and we thankfully had my mom in town to help with the kids (and the housework)!  It was such a relief.  I worked [...]

First Day of Preschool

| September 9, 2011

Yep, you read that right.  Little Mac started school today.  Only two half-days a week, but he’s in the school where we hope he’ll be for the next – count’em – 11 years!  He had a great day! He really couldn’t wait to go to “train preschool.”  We’ve been in the room maybe twice – [...]