Did you make one?  After years of trying, I finally gave up on making and keeping resolutions…. oh, probably about the time that Rerun was born.  I still set goals for certain things to happen – like potty-training a child, for example – but so many of those things now happen under the watchful eye […]

What does it take to get the boys to actually fall asleep around here??? Even Rerun, who takes melatonin to fall asleep, is having issues doing so. Maybe it’s because the daylight hours are ending sooner, and they just want to keep pushing bedtime off?  Maybe it’s because bedtime has also been doubling as “rock […]

Well, the baseball season is officially over for our Mariners, but it was really fun this weekend!  On Friday, my actual birthday, the Mariners had their “Fan Appreciation Night” and put on their last fireworks show of the season. I told the kids they were doing the fireworks just because it was my 40th birthday. […]

Dear Tad, Today is the day you and I have both talked about for a while now.  Today, you are an actual teenager.  Today, you are thirteen years old. I am not sure I am entirely prepared to have a teenage son.  And yet everything about you screams “teenager.”  Your voice has cracked, your body […]