Let me see how this works...Did you hear that loud sound??!!Back to workIn my reading of Bringing Up Boys, I read that boys will bring their own unique spin to things that their big sisters may also enjoy. For example: Brooklyn loves her dollhouse. She invents scenarios and drama and moves the people around to different rooms and talks for them....August loves to...Read More

What you can't hear is the hideous sound of this chair being scraped back and forth across my tile floor. It gave August GREAT joy. Until the inevitable moment when he pulled just a little too hard and the whole chair came crashing down on him, spilling the basket of Easter eggs stationed on top of the chair. After a few mandatory wails,...Read More

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Mama, that's tall! Hey Mama C'n I come up? Cool, a bridge! Just as Brooklyn has done, August finds my yoga poses too intriguing to resist interfering. If I am holding a pose, it must be so that he can crawl under, over, through or on top! And I can never resist kissing his sweet face when he pulls up on me or...Read More

I have this cookbook, How to Be a Domestic Goddess, by Nigella Lawson. It is chock-a-bock full of delicious recipes, many of which I have held off making with the thought that I would save it for a special occasion. But the problem is that most special occasions involve my family. And experimenting with my family (outside the four of us living in...Read More

This happy boy is being happy in the house of my dear friend, Sarah, who was kind enough to let me arrive suddenly on Monday with my two kids (and the ever-present tornado fan) in tow. My husband went out of town to San Diego for 3 nights and was worried that I might need help with the kids. I really didn't, but...Read More

At his 9 month check up today, August weighed 23 pounds, 10 ounces and was 30 inches long. That means he's planing out on weight! He only gained 10 ounces since our last visit but a whole inch! AND, we're actually ON the growth chart this time: 90th percentile! At his 9 month check up today, August weighed 23 pounds, 10 ounces and...Read More

After a week of solid research - switching screens on my computer back and forth from Lowe's, Sears and Consumer Reports - we did it. Got a new front-loading, energy efficient washer and dryer. Frigidaire Affinity 8000 series. Yes, it cost more to buy them than it did to give birth to my children. But I did get them on sale and they...Read More

Dying to get back in the tub with BrooklynStanding tallI knew the day would come, and come it has. August is now pulling up on things. He tested out the idea for a few days, sort of lifting himself up with his hands on the coffee table, my leg, a chair...bouncing a little on one half-bent leg, trying to see if he could...Read More

If you've ever driven through Mississippi, you may recall hillsides which have been transformed from individual trees and bushes into one amorphous green undulation of Kudzu. Kudzu is a vine that literally envelopes everything in sight and takes it over. Friendship bread has had that same effect on me.First of all, it literally sucks the life away from you as it requires SO...Read More

Brooklyn watches out for her baby brother. ...Read More

When I was working full time and having to eat lunch on the run, my favorite place to do that was Boulevard Bread Company. Which sounds much more limited than it actually is. Not only do they make the best artisan bread I've ever had, but they serve the most fabulous sandwiches (I would do time to eat one of their turkey sandwiches),...Read More

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Completely obscuring our house on one side.Twirling up our trees...From the other side...peeking through the green. ...Read More

On the MOVE!Sweetly cuddly.Mommy, I'm reading to my baby brother!Is that my future I see in there?Aw, Dad! ...Read More

I have neglected my blogging the past week or so. Not intentionally, but I've just had stuff going on! And I have been meaning to show the changes to our guest bathroom upstairs, but couldn't find a "before" picture. I know Kyle took one, but neither he nor I can remember where it was saved. I am hoping there's one somewhere... In the...Read More