Good news: There is nothing trapped alive under our house. Bad news: There is something dead trapped under our house. Although the severity of the skunk stench has pretty much dissipated, there has still been a lingering odor as you move from the hallway into our bedroom. (Being the pregnant one with dog-nose, I am [...]
The conversation goes like this: Me: “Stella! Nooooo! Why are you taking all of your clothes off again?!?” Stella: “My have to!” Me: “Why?” Stella: “Princesses don’t wear clothes!” Me to Steve: “How do you argue with this?” Steve: “You can’t.” (I would have posted the picture of Stella in nothing but a crown, a [...]
The unthinkable has finally happened. I can now say, with some confidence, that Stella no longer drinks from a bottle. Ever. Period. Done. (At least not until she starts in on the family tradition of hitting the bottle. But that is a post for another day.) At the time that we started with the potty [...]
On Friday, when I went to pick up Stella at day care Kathy gave me the disturbing news that Stella had bitten Alex…on the chin…hard enough to draw blood. It was as though someone had just told me that my child was a sociopathic murderer. I looked at her with desparate bewilderment, and blurted out [...]
This photo was taken sometime around the latter part of 2005. From left to right: Alex, Stella (she who can’t take her eyes off the tv), Colin, Aurora, Adam. I would advise against ever running into this group in a dark alley.