With our new schedule of picking up Thumper at preschool 4 days a week, it can be very easy to stop for a quick treat with only the little boys.  And Panera is always one of their favorite stops. Sorry, Ane and Tad.  But the two of you used to get these kinds of treats […]

April is autism awareness month.  Personally, I find it to be a giant marketing tool.  Slap a blue ribbon, a blue light, or a blue puzzle piece on something and BAM!  Awareness! A friend of mine, who is a breast cancer survivor, commented that she felt the same way, because “nothing says ‘support breast cancer […]

Two weeks ago, Tad brought home strep throat.  I was informed at our pediatrician’s office that strep was “really going around” at his school in particular.  So, he started antibiotics – amoxicillin, specifically. Last Thursday, a week into the amoxicillin, he sprouted the most fantastic red rash all over his chest and back, and it […]

Not Thumper! With the weather we are having around here (we’re going to hit the 70’s again by the end of the week!), pants have become optional, apparently.  But shoes – or boots – are still required. Summer is going to be lots of fun with this one!  I might have to seriously commit to […]