Tad had been bugging me about letting him wear gloves and a scarf to school, especially as  the weather has gotten colder.  Gloves were easy, as I just invested in a couple of pairs of $1 knit gloves from Target.  The scarf was a little harder, since Tad has a tendency to turn scarves into […]

Does it seem to anyone else that we are very suddenly running out of time in this calendar year? I am marking time staring into this little boy’s eyes…   … but all around me is a whirlwind of activity and hype and crazy and SCREAMING CHILDREN. And Rerun’s constant refrain of “Mom!  Mom!  Mom! […]

We carved the pumpkins at church last night. I’m sure it’s fairly obvious which pumpkin belongs to which person. Ane’s is the happy spider.  She thought about a cupcake design, but since I didn’t print one, she decided that she would just pick from the templates at church.  Little Mo went along for the fun, […]

It’s not really a celebrated holiday around here (other than the banks being closed and no mail delivery), but Tad came home with a Columbus Day picture yesterday that he colored at school. First, this kid CRACKS ME UP. Second, the detail is great.  I see something new every time I look at the picture. […]