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: [...]

The shark-themed birthday party is this weekend. (Cue the Jaws theme.) We usually throw some kind of barbeque along with Tad’s birthday party, because it’s summertime, we have a large enough backyard to enjoy that, and the Webmaster can grill.  And the weather usually cooperates.  Ironically, it might rain on Saturday – at a minimum, [...]

While we were at U Village on Monday, we stopped in at the one and only Pottery Barn Kids store in the area (and possibly the whole state, though there are plenty of regular Pottery Barn stores), where I saved a bundle on shipping by buying these shark sheets at the store. Tad saw us [...]