On Sunday afternoon, I took Ane and Little Mo to the nail salon about half a mile from our cul de sac to get pedicures.  Little Mo’s birthday was on Saturday, but Ane had been away at Auntie’s college, watching her play softball (the team won both games, too!) and missed out on the party. […]

FINALLY. We had some nice weather and I tried to keep the kids busy.  Ane even spent two nights in a row away from home.  She spent Thursday night at Lisa’s house, and the giggling girls finally fell asleep after midnight.  When I picked Ane up the next afternoon, she fell asleep on the way […]

Ane had a sleepover last night at her friend Lisa’s house.  Lina was also there.  The girls have finally achieved their dream of a slumber party, their dolls, and matching pajamas. It put me in mind of another slumber party that we had, on New Year’s Eve 2009. That was the day that Little Cousin […]

The weather has been steadily improving, so I am kicking the kids outside more and more these days. It’s actually working out really well.  Rerun is old enough to play out there with some supervision, Tad has gotten calm enough to play outside with minimal supervision, and Ane is mature enough to be the supervision. […]