A few holiday pictures are in order…several weeks after the fact.
We have some traditional Christmas cookie making…

I decided Sam should be Rudolph.
I guess he was going through a weird growly phase. I swear I’ve never even seen him make the face he has on in that last one. And he seems to be […]

I’m feeling rather festive. Hubby and I finally got out and did some holiday-related errands today. We picked up our wrapping paper, ribbons, and so forth so that I can wrap the presents that are sitting in the closet. All of them are for Sam. I’ve done nothing for anyone else. […]

Here’s a little bit of unsolicited advice:
If you look at your child and think to yourself, “He needs a haircut before we go visit our relatives for Thanksgiving…I think I’ll cut it myself,” just stop right there. Even if it will save you money. Even if you just have such a long to […]

As it turned out the Halloween parade was the perfect amount of festivity for us. Sam had fun playing with his friends in his lame costume. He actually did keep the belt on the whole time, but I would still say he was the least costumed of all the kids. He had […]

First things first - I know you all have been buckling under the anticipation of finding out the true nature of the filling inside this deep fried goodness. And so I tell you now that that, my friends, is your basic deep fried Oreo. Yep. Oreo…fried. Gross, huh? Well, I […]

Here’s a little quiz for your Thursday enjoyment. See if you can answer the following.
1) Remember I mentioned I was going to be writing a book? Well I’ve been doing some planning for it, outlining plot and such, and also choosing character names. After long, long consideration I decided on the two […]

For all of Easter Sunday it rained in Chicago. And I don’t mean just rain, but thunder, lightning, sheets of slanting water pounding our apartment. Every hour or so I looked out the window and felt so sorry for the disappointed kids who had looked forward to hunting Easter eggs in the grass in the […]