In a crazed effort to get as much stuff taken care of before Rerun arrives, I took Tad for a consult with his pediatrician yesterday afternoon (who also is Ane’s doctor and will be Rerun’s.  We’ll be seeing a lot of him again very soon).
Anyway, this particular consultation (the last time we did a consult [...]

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There were thumbs-up given by the kids to a new cookie recipe that I made Monday night – it was from an old Quick Cooking (which I don’t think is even called that anymore – right, Mom?).  Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies.  Tad was especially [...]

I went out last night for a little “retail therapy” with Handy Mom.  It had been a long, long day and it was the kind of break that I needed.  It’s Gymbucks redemption time, so we hit Gymboree with the force of two hormonal tornados.  We got some fun stuff and I got some early [...]

Last week at Sparks, Ane had made a “bird feeder.”  It consisted of half a bagel spread with peanut butter, which was then dipped in birdseed and sunflower seeds.
Yesterday morning, she reminded me that we still hadn’t hung it up for the birds to eat.  So, we left early for the bus stop and hung [...]