These were taken on Thanksgiving . . .

When I was in about second grade, something happened on a Christmas morning that I will never forget.
I went downstairs, looking for signs that Santa had been to my house. I peeked into our living room and confirmed that indeed, the White-Bearded Jollyman had come. I ran upstairs to tell my parents and drag them [...]

Ahhhh . . . are we all up for air yet? Are we out of our tryptophan-induced food-coma? Things are starting to settle down here. We have just completed the last round of relative visits, the leftovers are coming to an end. But before we let go entirely of this most recent holiday, let’s recap [...]

I got to go out to lunch yesterday with some local mom bloggers. The ladies behind the wonderful sites Elebelly, Occupation: Mommy, Project: Motherhood, and Raising Itty Bitty Bookworms had nice long chats about . . . what the heck did we talk about? All I know is we made it last as long as [...]

Sam’s school hosted a small fundraiser tonight. I had big plans to put up some video of him and his class doing their little song for the rest of the group. I should know better than to pre-blog anything in my head. Because, of course, were I to show you the video it would basically [...]

Before I join the throngs of mommy bloggers posting adorable pictures of kids in costume today (and I will, in a just a sec), I just wanted to remind everyone about the first Total Mom Theme: Exploration. Please follow the linky there if you’d like to find out how to participate.
I don’t know about anyone [...]

This mama woke up happy and ready to rock Halloween, but it seems at every turn I am thwarted. What a day! I won’t even go into it, but suffice it to say, I’m ready for bed. Can I go to bed? Like, now? What? I still have to do the whole trick-or-treating thing? Balls. [...]