Well, the weather wasn’t particularly cooperative or springy, so we had to settle for an indoor picture this year. I had bought the boys’ shirts at Gymboree (pretty much the only place where I can get all three of them the same shirt in three different sizes – sorry, Thumper, your hand-me-downs will look very […]

Can you believe that it’s Easter already???  It’s another early one, like it was three years ago when Thumper was born.  He was all of ten days old on his first Easter. The year after that, we made it into April, but we were in Virginia, visiting the Major and Q-Bee. And last year, we […]

We finally got to Grandma and Gichan’s – late.  As a result, Ane owes Gichan a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  (They had a bet going.) The kids eagerly dove into their stockings, and then into brunch. Then they dove in under the tree, but Thumper, despite smiles here and there, wasn’t feeling his best. […]

Christmas morning!  The stockings are full, the tree has presents underneath! And in the morning, I found these three fakers lying in wait in the living room. No, they aren’t really sleeping.  They’re just being funny.  And they were ready to get started!