For the record, I will note that Tad is REALLY into the idea of cake right now. He gets really excited whenever he sees a picture of a cake – or a real cake – because he believes that it must be someone’s birthday. Going to a few parties in a week will do that […]

There are four reasons why I missed most of American Idol last night. YOU try getting four kids to smile at one camera at the same time. At some point, you just start snapping pictures and hoping one turns out okay. Anyway, as you can see, Baby Cousin has recovered her usual good spirits and […]

I went to our local elementary school yesterday and picked up a registration packet for Ane. Kindergarten registration is this Thursday. This was a hard decision, and I knew it would be once we made it. But after weighing all of our pros and cons, we finally decided to go with the public school. We […]

And I still haven’t recuperated from LAST week… Resiss (my sister), Oddball (my brother-in-law), Little Cousin and Baby Cousin (my adorable nieces) arrived last Wednesday to much excitement. They also brought their new puppy, a miniature schnauzer named Phoebe. By Thursday, Baby Cousin was in the ER, severely dehydrated. She spent two nights in the […]