Monday is Tad’s birthday.  He will be eight years old. HOLY COW. I went digging through the pictures (we were still using a film camera at this point) and found a picture of Tad on Christmas Day 2005, when he was the same age that Thumper is now. He really was a sweet baby.  Eight […]

American Girl Bistro.  Three excited girls.  Their mothers and grandmother and baby brothers. When we knew that Ressis and the kids were coming, we knew we had to have a tea party at the bistro!  The girls were very excited that the day of their party had finally arrived.  We went for tea (between 2 […]

Why yes, we do have a daughter! As my life becomes more and more male-dominated (three sons will do that to you), I am becoming more aware of how glad I am to have Ane for a daughter.  We have a lot of people who, upon learning that we have all these boys, say “At […]

SHARK WEEK. He is SO ready. I like it, because I can pretty much turn on the TV at any point during the day and there’s a shark show to watch.  And Ane has only rolled her eyes twice (so far) and Rerun is game for anything with teeth (and I think he might be […]