Today I had the rare opportunity to go out with Sam, just the two of us. It was our little date, our special “Mommy/Sammy Special Time.” On the way to the playground where we’d be meeting up with a new friend and neighbor, I was telling him about how we used to spend all of [...]

Ingredients
four brand new, never-before-tried-by-you recipes
extremely limited time
a complete lack of necessary kitchen appliances
a three year old and a one year old
a rough ETA for the arrival of the majority of your in-laws
a husband who is to be surprised for this birthday extravaganza, leaving him completely bewildered as to why you would need 2 hours to [...]

The day has come: my baby is one year old.  I think I must be in denial, since I am currently speechless, which, as you know, is uncharacteristic for me.  Wasn’t it THIS summer that I was going to Dairy Queen every day while pregnant?  Wasn’t it just last night that my water broke in [...]

I have a dilemna. As I mentioned, we have a wedding coming up in just a few short weeks. Now, in addition to the myriad problems surrounding what we are going to do with the kids and the fact that it is in New York city, I have an almost even bigger problem: I [...]

As I drove away and looked at the reflection of my three boys in the rear view mirror - Sam, Robby, and Hubby - I thought to myself, this is one of those symbolic moments in which you should find great meaning. They were taking a walk together, Sam pushing his stroller and Hubby pushing [...]

I have a post up over at Musings Of A Housewife today - one last tale from our vacation for you. And if you are here from Jo-Lynne’s place - Hi. How are ya? I promise I won’t talk anymore about boogies, at least not any time soon (although I did have a certain [...]