Recently, we took our winter sweaters out of their vacuum-sealed super special containers and began neatly folding them to be displayed proudly on the shelves in our bedroom that we’ve anointed worthy of the presence of such things as lambswool and cashmere. It was a joyous occasion for me as winter fashions are my all-time […]
The babies have a cold, we’re all going crazy, and life is beautiful!
The notion that taking a night out as a couple every week without the children is a standard in almost every piece of literature I have read on parenting to date. I think, however, that this is just crap advice from someone who A. is either childless or B. has their mother living with them […]
Recently Boy #1 took out the trash, like the good son that he is. Afterwards, maybe two weeks, whilst I was taking the trash to the dumpster, I noticed an unpleasant smell from under the neighbor’s steps. Upon investigation of this smell, I realized, that it was the bag of trash from two weeks previous […]
Note the plumpness of youth in the 2004 illustration, and the way my bum seems to have slid down a little bit onto my thigh in the 2007 illustration. Anyone know how to bump up the bum?
For all the reasons we love Rae, it’s because she can write something like this, and make it feel like home. True Love Something that just won’t leave my mind tonight is the example of my maternal grandparents. My fifteen-year-old idea of love just drops off the map when I see the fruits of their […]
Who knew that acting could be so freeing? Tonight, the AACC had a guest trainer teaching improv games and methods. Most of the games centered around just accepting whatever situation you are given and going with it. It was a struggle at first to let go of all the judgments that were in my head, […]
Says Ethan as he colors the back porch with sidewalk chalk;“I drawed a dinosaur head…” “on a lion’s body!” He was amazed at the drawing he produced, which to me looked like a lot of scribbling and maybe some flames or leaves. But he, yes the artist, saw it differently.