So, the Captain’s birthday is coming up, and I wanted to mail his package yesterday. This was the plan: – wake up early, get kids fed – run errands to grocery store, post office, and gas station between breakfast and lunch – get home, feed kids lunch, get them down for naps – church starts […]

Growing up as I have in the greater Seattle area, the casual onlooker would assume that I am a coffee drinker. The casual onlooker, until recently, would have been mistaken. I prefer tea to coffee, hands down. I don’t put anything in my tea, either – my Japanese blood far outweighing my English blood. It […]

Yesterday, I went and had the kids’ portraits taken. This is their annual picture-together-that-is-not-a-Christmas-picture-so-no-Christmas-backgrounds-please portrait. I’ve started always doing a full family one in April (Mom and Dad included), and then doing the kids by themselves in October. Lucky for me, Auntie had the day off of school and I managed to beg both her […]

A couple of kid news updates: The Munchkin is potty-trained!!! (angels sing “Hallelujah” chorus in background) We bit the proverbial bullet yesterday morning when I was getting her dressed for church. “Munchkin, do you want to wear Pull-Ups or panties to Sunday school today?” I asked. She had opted for Pull-Ups last week. But she […]