Why are Wednesdays always the day I give myself the most chaos? Thumper had ABA, Tad had speech – so I thought, “why not have company for dinner?” Our dear friends Gracie and L. and their parents are in town, home for a few months on sabbatical, and we’ve finally found some time to have […]

There was sleeping in. And then there was speech therapy for Thumper, and Ane finally emerged from her bedroom at *cough* 10:30 *cough* while her brothers had been up and going for quite a while. Then I had a meeting, and needed to make a shopping run to Costco, while Ane managed to contain her […]

This all began in 2004. Fast-forward over the years, and more kids, to yesterday. The kids are now old enough (with the exception of Thumper) to know the drill: “smile nicely for the picture, THEN you get presents and cookies.” Only one more weekend until Christmas!!!

It’s that time again… Christmas with Friend and Doc and the boys! Technically this was our year to host, but therapy schedules this week are nuts, so Friend quite graciously offered to host us… so long as I brought cookies and fudge for dessert. THAT was a bargain! The kids patiently-ish sat for the picture […]