As Ane gets older, it gets harder and harder to dress her. And it’s not because she wants to wear anything unreasonable.  It’s because so many of the clothing stores think she should be wearing something weird or unreasonable. Fortunately, several stores (Gymboree, Janie and Jack, OshKosh, Lands’ End) do provide modest options for girls, […]

So, I promised you a story about Tad’s Batman ice cream cake. As you can see by this picture, which I also posted yesterday – – we have a issue with legibility.  And color.  And space. I ordered the cake the Sunday before the party from the local Dairy Queen (Thrasher’s Corner, for those of […]

Sunday was the annual Webmaster’s-maternal-grandfather’s-side-of-the-family reunion picnic.  It is held at a specific state park, about 30 minutes away from the Webmaster’s parents, on the last Sunday every July.  While the Webmaster went to it growing up, we first attended it as a family in 2009.  We didn’t go in 2010, for some reason – […]

There was a BIG opening this weekend. And who is that I spy in front? Yes, that is Ane, with her doll Susan, and her friend Lisa, with her doll Kayleen.  (I think that’s her doll’s name, but don’t quote me.  Not sure on the spelling, either.) A brand-new American Girl Place opened up at […]