Ane went to see the pediatrician shortly after her birthday, and she was absolutely hopping with excitement. How excited? She wanted to know how many shots she would get, and was looking forward to them. This girl has many issues (as do we all), but fear of a doctor is not one of them. In […]

Ane asked about her cousins yesterday, only to be told that they were flying back to Texas that afternoon. She immediately began to cry. We love you, Little Cousin and Baby Cousin (and Aunt Ressis, too)! See you in March! And there WILL be school TODAY for Tad! Yay!!!

This will be the last recap post for Christmas. Around here, it is well and truly OVER. I hope. Nana and Papa came over the day after Ane’s birthday for a Christmas get-together. We had had to cancel our Christmas Eve visit to them, since it was snowing heavily that day. So we had a […]

Version 5.0, as it were. Ane had been looking forward to this day for… well, a year. We started the day with chains on the van and headed to the mall to get her 5-year-old portrait taken. After which we hit Red Robin (which is codenamed “Crimson Bird” around our house [name credit: Ressis] because […]