Let's raise a glass in salute to mothers: Here's to their love. Here's to their dedication. Here's to their wrecked pelvic floors. Yeah, I said it. Your mom probably never told you this, but she's sacrificed a lot for you over the years. And I'm not...
It all started when Danny stepped in poop. "I told him to do it," said Henry. "I said, go ahead, get in trouble." I was trying to clear the table after dinner and put food away and do dishes and make lunches, all while holding baby Ellie...
I thought that my oldest son Henry turning five would have hit me harder. But the busy tasks of putting on a birthday party kept me occupied and it passed without any major meltdowns on my part. And I thought that him starting Kindergarten would...
Henry's in T-ball and we are experiencing Glens Falls Little League for the first time ever. I've lived in this city for something like ten years now and I had no idea that this big underground party was going on without us. Did you know that all...
I've been doing a year-end recap every year since 2005 in this exact format on ye olde LiveJournal. Here's a slightly edited-for-the-public version of this year's. First, the annual memes: Year in meme: 2016 The method: Copy and paste the first sentence of the first entry of every month this year...
Our Elf was given to us. It wasn't a trend I was interested in. It's work. But my mom gave it to Henry and we couldn't back out after that. Inevitably, every night we are in bed and then remember the Elf on the Shelf...
Today, as has been my tradition for the entirety of Henry's life, I made handprint ornaments with Dolores Thomson of Clay Concepts. We give them to the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents every year for Christmas. Danny hands now, too. At this point, they get the gift...