An hour after Stella and Steve left for the rollerskating party I get a phone call: “Um, so we just left the party. Stella fell pretty hard on her wrist. She’s being a trooper, but I’m thinking we should probably have it checked out.” So, 4 hours in the dearth of human existence – otherwise [...]
I think I’ll just let her tell the story…
Last Thursday was Stella’s open house at school. Here is her self-portrait from the portrait wall; she obviously has her father’s ears. Then there was this little gem. I gave her some grief about the little brother crack, especially considering what happened next. We figured that, as long as we were there, it would be [...]
It’s Mother’s Day. Normally, this is the part where I’d be going on a tirade about how my children have no concept of what it means to be civil to each other for more than a 1-hour interval – Mother’s Day be damned. And, as much as I love being able to utilize the internet [...]