Here are some pictures from our cookie baking last week, when we were snowed in. First, the Munchkin as Mommy’s helper: And then Tad as the gingerbread quality control specialist (I attempted to keep him out of our way with a chunk of gingerbread dough and a plastic rolling pin in his highchair, which distracted […]

Decorations up? Check. Tree up and decorated? Check (no thanks to the kids). Snow melting? Check. Cards ready? Oh, THAT’S it… My weekend got eaten up by a shopping run on Saturday – including haircuts for both kids!! – and a cookie exchange party at A. and C.’s house on Sunday afternoon. And of course, […]

Friend called me late Sunday night to tell me what the Brain (age 4) had said as she was putting him to bed. “When I grow up, I’m going to get married and have a son,” he told his mother. “I will marry a girl, who will become a woman, and she will have the […]

Today is Doc’s birthday! He and Friend went out to dinner last night to celebrate. How do I know? We baby-sat the Brain and Head for them. It actually went very well (thank you, Veggie Tales), even though none of the kids, except Tad, was in the mood for spaghetti, apparently. Anyway, happy birthday, Doc, […]