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Family time

My parents came in town this weekend for a long overdue visit. I mean, I’d seen them about 6 weeks ago but my kids hadn’t seen them since August and in kid-time, that’s a long time. When changes happen by the hour, months can seem like years. I’ve mentioned before that I hate that we [...]

Wordless Wednesday, Pack and ship

What can I say, this boy likes small and confined spaces. It kind of worries me…

Tricks on us

For days now, weeks really, we’ve been talking about Halloween. Courtney would be Ladybug Girl and Patrick would be Tigger. We’d go to peoples doors, knock, say the “trick or treat” line and a thank you and move along. That was all excellent, in theory. The evening started out with Patrick landing HARD on his [...]

A letter to my boy on his first birthday

(Or a couple of days after…)

Dearest Patrick,

I can’t believe it’s been a year since you came barreling into my world. It’s a cliche for sure but it seems like only yesterday that we were at the hospital, waiting to meet you, waiting to see if you were a boy or a girl. Waiting to see [...]

Christmas is over?

Courtney has decided to take the decorations off the tree. I didn’t realize Christmas was over already.

And a minute after posting this, Courtney broke two ornaments so this went up.