In a kitchen drawer. It was one of those moments at Grandma’s house when all the adults say “where’s Thumper?” and find him doing the strangest things.  Like sitting in a towel drawer that obviously took a little more effort to get into than the bottom drawer. Both Auntie and I took pictures before making […]

Three years ago, the kids looked like this: I miss the tiny one on the middle left.  He’s gotten to be so big. And he does big boy things. Someone tell him to stop getting bigger.  He’s not listening to me.

This unseasonably warm weather has made for some excellent play time outside.  Rerun, particularly, has been hopping on his scooter and cruising around the cul-de-sac with great glee.  It’s even more enjoyable when others join in. Eventually, all the kids in the neighborhood make it outside – which now adds up to 11 kids living […]

While Tad was brushing his teeth two nights ago, he suddenly became inspired to tell me, “Mom, when I grow up, I can be whatever I want to be!” However, because I am his mother, I intuitively knew where this conversation was headed.  “You can’t be Batman,” I informed him.  I hated to burst his bubble, […]