It’s days like these that make me realize how dependent I’ve become on having the Webmaster home all the time. He will be starting his new job on Sept. 18th, but we thought he’d be starting this week. But once he got a hold of the hiring manager at said-new job, they will not be […]

The five-sticker system for our potty training is going pretty well. And the Munchkin’s control (thanks to Elmo) is rapidly improving. I was hoping that she would be fully potty-trained by the end of the summer, but I am very confident that she will achieve full potty control by her third birthday. To recap: the […]

I am passing down a dangerous gene to the Munchkin – the shopping gene. Fortunately, right now it’s not so much what she can get at any particular store, but what she can do at that store. Here are a list of “good” stores right now: Disney Store – Enough said. Large projection screen and […]

I have known for a long time the powerful pull that Elmo has over the Munchkin. She always pays rapt attention whenever the “Elmo’s World” segment of Sesame Street comes on, and nearly always comes running to tell me about what it is – or to ask for something. “Mommy, I have skin!” “Mommy, I […]