The kids wanted cupcakes yesterday. Okay, that’s a lie.  I needed cupcakes, and I needed to be able to bribe them with cupcakes.  There.  Happy? So, after piano and dinner at Friend’s house (thank YOU, Friend!!), I packed up the kids and drove them out to our favorite cupcake shop, Trophy Cupcakes, at University Village.  [...]

I don’t know what it is about Trader Joe’s, but turning Ane loose in there is just like sending a cat into the herb store for a little catnip.  We never leave with what I had planned on getting.  Ane is always finding something new to buy. However, each time we go in, she discovers [...]

One of the hardest things about the gluten free diet is trying to find adequate substitutes for some of Tad’s favorite foods.  There’s also a lot of “convenience foods” that we just can’t serve him anymore – and the types of treats are limited as well. Marshmallows over a campfire?  Fine.  S’mores?  Nope, no graham [...]

At the end of the school year in June, slipped into Ane’s report card, was the supply list for first grade. On one hand, this was kind of nice to have on hand, so we could purchase things as they came on sale. On the other hand, the list was INSANE.  Here’s what it contained: [...]