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The Class of 2022

( Photos and School and Stella )

Last Thursday, Stella and I attended her kindergarten orientation. When I asked her what her favorite part was she said, “It was so cool how my name was on EVERYTHING! It was on my nametag! My cubby! The birthday chart! The tooth chart! The height chart! The chore chart! Everything!” Apparently, [...]

Bubble-Palooza

So aside from hauling the kids back to their trailer every night during their visit, my in-laws also entertained them with pre-planned, coordinated, age-appropriate, creativity-inducing, skill-building, MENSA-entry-level activities including (but not limited to) the bubble extravaganza that ’bout near drove my poor father-in-law to drink straight from the wine bottle. Massive quantities of WATER [...]

Year 9, Reclaiming the Little Things

Last Wednesday was Steve and I’s 9th wedding anniversary. And, being that we met in August of 1987, that brings our sum total of knowing each other up to a whopping 22 years. Twenty. Two. Years. I find it disturbing that I can say that I have done anything for 22 years. [...]

My Summer Vacation: 2009 Edition

Okay, so we recently completed our annual pilgrimage to our homeland. I know you know this, and I know you have been waiting. But life returned from vacation, does not equate to life without interruption, and I have spent the better part of the week trying to exhale.
Basically, it was pretty much our [...]

Not to ruin the surprise, but everyone is getting this for Christmas.