Exactly one year ago today, after much encouragement from the Spouse, I started this blog from a little table at Panera. I created a generic template on Blogger, typed my first post, and nervously hit “publish.” At that time I wasn’t sure if anyone would ever read it, if I’d be persistent enough to stick…
Yesterday morning I was talking on the phone to a friend when the Toddler came running into the kitchen with what she considered to be an urgent problem if not a full-blown emergency. Her plastic onion and lettuce ball had both {somehow} gotten stuck in the chute of one of her favorite toys–the Busy Ball…
Along with the rest of the country, we went looking for some indoor entertainment as relief from Heat Wave 2011 this weekend. And, I think we might have turned a corner in the way of movies. We made it all the way through a feature film in the theatre with both girls. Only A.A. Milne…
I was straightening up the playroom tonight when I found this: Yes, from the front it looks like a sweet little baby doll, in desperate need of a diaper and some clothes, but otherwise well cared for. But, then… you see the back side and realize that this doll has a story to tell: It’s…