Ane is obsessed with knowing who is “in charge.” For example, she knows that I am in charge of her.  Following that logic, Grandma is in charge of me.  (It should be noted that Grandma fully endorses this logic.) So recently, Ane asked me, “Mom, who is in charge of Grandma?  Great-Grandma?” “Well,” I replied, […]

I have a brother myself, but I’m definitely used to having more girls around, since I do have two sisters.  And fittingly, the Captain now has three little girls of his own – after growing up with three sisters. So, I kind of find it hard to believe sometimes that I have two sons now. […]

Kids do NOT possess this. Mrs. V., Ane’s teacher, told me when I picked her up at school yesterday, that she had told her classmates how “her baby brother is coming.” Mrs. V. is well aware of what my due date is, and told me how excited Ane was. Then Ane ran up to me, […]

Whatever happened to paper dolls? Yes, I know they still exist, but why are they not marketed to little girls in the same way that they once were? This has come up because Ane is completely in love with her Little House paper dolls. “Mommy, I really LOVE my new paper dolls,” she told me. […]