Kirschling Kiddos' Request..Meg did asked for it!

                                   JUST GIVE MEG A CAMERA AND LET THE FUN BEGIN...            

                                              For that matter give any Kirschling one and here we go!

                                                    Gregory is awaiting Santa and behaving

                                                              Meaghan the Daredevil

                                                           Gretchen taking a Sunday Drive

Michael on a Monday cruise

Mother's First Birthday

Meg's is Three

                                                                  Meg's is a Mouse




                                   Courtney, Katie, Meg, Lindsey, and Gregory T...Cousins forever!
                                                         Duluth MN a day at the cemetery!


                                                           Gretchen Arrives 10-10-84 @ 10 # 4 oz

                                      But not before Meg and Greg sit down to cool off.

Barbara and Mary Ellen 1953

Virginia Minnesota

Gretchen's First Easter Rochester 1985

Michael would  join the family in 1986 weighing in at 10# 5 oz. and finding great solace in the arms of his big sister.

                                                       Gretchen seems distressed?

                        "We have been extra good this year, Santa.!" Greg hopes Santa is buying it.
                                                       Michael is blowing his cover, however

                                                   Easter Eggs for all in Biloxi. Mississippi

                                       Of course a trip to the golf course can settle the nerves too.
                                        ( Looks like Gretchen is going to clobber someone soon! )

                             Fat Tuesday is for partying...Eat Drink and be naughty for tomorrow is Lent!
                             While Michael prays....Gretchen looks like she has some wretched Gretchen ideas

Mom didn't show up again for the carpool... "Everybody hold hands" instructs Meg,  "I'll get us a ride home

In the spring of 1887 Meg would bring home a lovely stray cat which dad named Snickers...and...

In the summer of 1987 Meg would be medic-evacuated from the home with "cat allergies."

(I lost my 1987 Mother of the Year nomination quickly (AGAIN!)

Gregry would become a card carrying  Tree Hugger of Mississippi

  Bayou Chapter 101

MJK and RJK would go to Greg's induction ceremony for Bayou Chapter 101 in full dress

The Kirschling Women would remain at home and butcher Jack-o-Lanterns

After serious psychiatric and dietary therapy the younger two would conquer "Lactose Tolerance"

The Kirschling Kiddos would become aquatic adventurers.

Michael was considering joining the Mississippi Fishermen's Association

Gregory would find a home on Park Point for a homeless little girl! 

She would soon be mainstreamed into preschool

And her younger brother and sister

. . . 

Would always look up to her and her older brother

BECAUSE

She was literally always OUR HOMECOMING QUEEN!

May Day and Meaghan Marie

                                                                 May Day Biloxi, Mississippi
A long time ago and a far place away the tradition of May Day was celebrated to spread joy to a selected few.  We would do Dixie-cup May Baskets; complete with construction paper handles, fill them with M&M's and Jelly Beans (unwrapped of course) and head out before school to surrounding doorsteps.

I am proud to report I remain just as corny today.  (And then along came Meaghan Marie!)

All of my children are fantastic!
Michael just called and he is still looking for a job but his latest idea is a fantastic one!  He thanked me for the heads up on May Day and stated perhaps I "saved the day!"  This makes my day cuz of course I am reading between the lines thinking Jackie may get a May Day Candy Bar! Moms cannot always 'grill" the boys as easily as they can "grill" the girls.  After a weekend in Chicago Greg was looking forward to a Monday without "proposal" questions.  Meaghan goes into detail in her Blog about "having something wrong with her that she isn't married..." and I am thinking Greg has the same missing "chip."

All of my children are fantastic....Today though, Meg  rocks!

I had just read Meaghan's Blog when Gretchen called from Waynesville Missouri and I was "damning" Meaghan.  Meaghan wrote a Blog which manage to reduce me to a puddle of tears and totally bring me to a place so friendly, familiar and fantastic I was crying.  I just learned all tears stop you cold in your tracks.  I cannot function until I absorb the depth and wealth of the moments expressed by our oldest daughter.  For those few which are not too absorbed I will place a link...But be warned should you decide to read "Seester, Seester" you will have been bitten by the Meagster's bug and will need to read on to
MaMa (Miss) Meaghan.  (Click  on  Meaghan's Blog)
                                                                          Meaghan's Blog

                          Tell me how richer are you now that you have been touched by these Angels!

Spent last weekend in the Windy City enjoying the company of Ron, Greg and too Annelise.  Greg took me to see the new movie just released "Bully" and it was a winner!  It is not a "feel good' kind of picture but I think everyone should be required to see it! It is "life changing"....It is.

I took Greg and Ron to see Jersey Boys.  (I had seen it before but this 'repeat' helped to erase all memory of days past!)
Greg treated us to a White Sox game but they fell to the Red Sox but not before we ate 100 pounds of peanuts, drank beer and ate nachos.  (So much for sodium restricted diets!)
So much for any diets. . .
Just a few of our favorite and expanded dinners were feasts at:
                                                                                              Chicago Chop House Grill

                                                                                              Sabel Chicago

                                                                                               Ditkas

In my defense: Brought the bikes and made a 15 mile ride along the lake uneventfully.  (Have yet to repeat this effort however. My excuses are I have to read. "The Ice Man Cometh."

Did I ever tell you that ALL the men in my life have always been "BIGGER than Life!" and remain so to this day!

                                                       Grampa King Wisconsin Dells 1950 something