With two monkeys posing as children in this house, hindering my every move, I will often get to the end of a day, collapse, and think to myself, Nothing useful got done today! I often just count myself lucky to have gotten the kids fed and down for naps at all the right times, and […]

Early bird or night owl? Right now, Ane is both, and it’s killing me. And to top it off, she’s attempting to get rid of her afternoon nap, Lord preserve us. Because of our usual daily schedule, plus any evening activities and the Webmaster’s work schedule, the kids’ usual bedtime is around 9 pm. I […]

Remember how I griped last Friday about parents who bring their young children to story time? Yesterday, that was me. You may all point and laugh now. The Webmaster was very late getting out of work, and I had promised Ane that we would go. So I threw Tad in the car, told the Webmaster […]

It is absolutely pouring outside. Even going from the front door to the car guarantees that you will get very wet – especially when you add in buckling kids into car seats. Speaking of which, does anyone out there favor any particular booster-type car seat for an older child? We’re looking at getting a smaller […]