Before her birthday coupon expired, we managed to get to Red Robin for Ane’s birthday sundae. Unlike last year, when the restaurant was so short-staffed due to snow that they couldn’t scrounge up enough employees to sing to her, she had a full contingent clapping and singing to her. And the sundae was delicious, of […]

I really don’t know what to write about today. Auntie says I should be writing about my issues about my age – I don’t have any, but she thinks I should because HER birthday is this coming Friday, which makes me OLD. Auntie is going to be seventeen. When I was seventeen, she turned three […]

It was Sunday and we had no plans for the evening (slightly unusual). So I figured we’d just let the kids skip their naps today. Ane’s been getting better about missing her nap IF we have no plans for the evening, and we just have to keep an eye on Tad to make sure that […]

We’re slowly easing our way out of the perpetual holiday mode and back into real life. With a stop at birthday crazy on the way. Fortunately, after this weekend, all the birthday crazy will be OVER and we can go back to our real lives. Which means that I have to confront the real, solid […]