We are experimenting with Tad. Nothing too drastic, mind you. We’ve just cut out treats and excess sugar in a big way in the last week. This all came about during Tad’s most recent parent-teacher conference. His teachers wanted to know if he had been eating a better breakfast recently, since his behavior had improved […]

We all came through the weekend more or less intact. We spent Saturday at Nana and Papa’s house – 300 miles, round-trip. Nana was hosting a stamp camp, so the kids got to visit and play, and Mommy got to drum up a little business. And it SNOWED at their house. At the end of […]

There are four reasons why I missed most of American Idol last night. YOU try getting four kids to smile at one camera at the same time. At some point, you just start snapping pictures and hoping one turns out okay. Anyway, as you can see, Baby Cousin has recovered her usual good spirits and […]

I went to our local elementary school yesterday and picked up a registration packet for Ane. Kindergarten registration is this Thursday. This was a hard decision, and I knew it would be once we made it. But after weighing all of our pros and cons, we finally decided to go with the public school. We […]