The hardest part about the miscarriage was telling Ane.
I did it on the Friday I found out, because I was too upset to successfully convince her that Mommy was really okay, but my contacts were making my eyes water.  Uh-uh.  Not happening.
I had left the kids at my parents’ house during my appointment.  I called […]

Princess Leia is armed.  You must give her candy.
The costume came from the store, the blaster came from Disneyland (batter-operated and makes great sound effects), and the hair…

The hair is Ane’s own.  Really.  The costume came with a wig, but Ane grew her hair out specifically to be able to have her own Princess Leia […]

I am pleased to say that both kids are doing pretty well in Cubbies.  Tad is a challenge because of his speech issues, but generally, he’s doing better than I’d thought he would.  A lot of that is attributable to school, and the reinforcement of rules that he’s getting there.
He said his very first verse […]

Tad has a bad habit of taking his large Tonka dump truck (still one of his favorite toys, courtesy of Uncle Captain and Aunt Q-Bee), steering it into the kitchen and ramming it into the lower kitchen cabinets.
It’s leaving dents, which does not please me.
Last night, as the dump truck was beginning another run at […]