I received a text message yesterday morning that told me that I have another beautiful niece! Belle and Berry have a new baby sister, weighing in at 6 pounds, 14 ounces, who will now be called Beth on this blog. I have the “B” motif going for that particular set of nieces. Congratulations to the […]

Our children’s ministries coordinator at church provides donuts every Sunday morning for the Sunday School teachers. She knows my parents well, and makes sure that they get their favorites – my dad, especially. He likes apple fritters. Ane and Tad have figured out that Gichan has donuts that he is willing to share on Sunday […]

On Friday morning, I got a phone call from Handy Mom’s (formerly known as Handy Girl) sister, who asked if I could come and pick up Handy Boy (formerly known as Handy Baby) and keep him until… sometime later. Handy Mom and Handy Dad were blessed with the arrival of Handy Baby 2.0 – little […]

We are experimenting with Tad. Nothing too drastic, mind you. We’ve just cut out treats and excess sugar in a big way in the last week. This all came about during Tad’s most recent parent-teacher conference. His teachers wanted to know if he had been eating a better breakfast recently, since his behavior had improved […]