The tree is going up tomorrow!  The kids are excited.  They all have new ornaments to put on it. This year, however, I expect that none of the ornaments will double as a teething toy. Rerun, during his first Christmas season in 2010, decided that one of the little quilted tree ornaments was quite tasty. […]

Unfortunately, no book reports on Peter Rabbit.  Which I could do easily. Both Ane and Tad are knee-deep in math homework right now.  Math is probably my least favorite subject for homework.  Ane has a mental block when it comes to math when she’s learning new concepts.  Tad has no concept of numbers equaling an […]

Ane was not a child who needed a special lovey.  She has had several favorite stuffed animals, plus her Dolly… Ane, age 3 and a half, with Dolly – August 2007 … but she never needed Dolly, or any other stuffed animal or blanket, every night next to her in bed.  From the time she […]

He’s just a little obsessed. Maybe this will be next year’s birthday theme… if I can talk him out of Batman.