I’ve really been noticing lately the lack of babies around here. For the first time in over four years, we have none. Robby is nothing like a baby anymore, at a little over two and talking constantly. And so, we are officially baby-less.
It’s very strange.
What’s more. Robby is roughly the age that Sam was when [...]

I get out rarely enough that when I do have plans I start counting down the hours pretty early on. I’m going to a movie tonight with a friend (it starts in just 4 hours, 20 minutes, btw), and am so excited. We’re seeing Julie and Julia. Cooking? Blogging? Meryl? How can it be wrong? [...]

It’s mid-way through the summer, and it is clear to me that I’m creating the most horrific of summer travesties, the most unforgivable of parental blunders, the most alarming of mommy mistakes: I haven’t joined the pool. It’s true. When (apparently) every other family is getting their swimsuits on and sunblock applied, my kids and [...]

Sometimes cookies are the only possible answer.

I think we all feel a little better now.

It’s the stereotypical question when someone finds out I stay at home with my two young children: “What do you do all day?” And I guess the stereotypical answer is “Well, I don’t know exactly.” It’s a tough one, one that can’t really be explained to someone who hasn’t actually done it.
But as I sat [...]

The sky is so dark from the rain that it almost looks like it’s still night. Or like we woke up in the wee hours. In fact we woke up at 8:00, sleeping in together and listening to the rain and enjoying the lack of sun in our faces. The thunder has been rumbling almost [...]

I have a little secret. I actually really love Monday mornings. I know. Gasp. What on earth would I love about the start to the week, the end of a too short weekend? Well, I used to hate it when this time rolled around each week just as much as most people. So I [...]