It is absolutely pouring outside. Even going from the front door to the car guarantees that you will get very wet – especially when you add in buckling kids into car seats. Speaking of which, does anyone out there favor any particular booster-type car seat for an older child? We’re looking at getting a smaller […]

See this cute little boy? Handy Baby has arrived!! He is now our group o’ friends’ official St. Patrick’s Day baby (he arrived Saturday evening), and he weighs 5 lbs, 14 oz, and is 19 inches long. Mother and baby boy are already at home, getting to know each other, while Handy Guy learns how […]

Just some random things that have really bugged me this last week. I think it would be a good idea to exorcise them all before I begin the weekend, don’t you? 1) After witnessing a particularly traumatic pedestrian/car collision in a crosswalk (that was a year ago???) where the pedestrian – an elderly man in […]

I heard it again last night: “Mommy, I too big for the nursery!” How do you argue with your toddler when you know that she’s right? Because Ane’s birthday is in December, she missed (by a fair margin, I’ll grant you) the cutoff date for the AWANA Cubbies preschool program at church. So that meant […]