Thursday is the last day of school.  And it’s not even a full “day” – it’s all of two hours for hugs, yearbook signings, assemblies, slide shows, and then they get back on the bus and are home before lunch. And then purgatory begins. In the middle of other parents posting on Facebook and on […]

We went for the laid-back, potluck BBQ type of Mother’s Day get-together.  Gichan put a turkey breast into the smoker (and it was GOOOOOOOD), and there was a bunch of potlucky picnic food.  We came, we saw, we ate. And we took pictures.  Unfortunately Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa missed out this year (Great-Grandma is continuing in […]

My darling little Thumper, You may be turning two years old today, but I am never going to be able to not think of you as my baby.  I say that to all of your siblings, too, but it is doubly true with you.  The changes between a year ago… and now… … are the […]

Dear Rerun, Today, you are five.  It blows my mind.  You are no longer a toddler at all (though you remain quite petite for your age) – you are a little boy, through and through.  Thanks to school, a few sessions of ABA boot camp, and the realization that you are a different breed of […]