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Or lack thereof. As I folded laundry tonight, which was largely Nicholas‘, I started thinking about his clothing habits in a stream-of-consciousness way. When he was old enough to have an opinion, the steady mantra was no buttons, no stripes and no collars. He hated them all on his shirts and refused to wear them.
Then […]
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I love that Nicholas knows what Bool Gogi is. Not only does he know what it is, he requests it. Yesterday at the grocery store, since I didn’t menu plan for this week (planning on doing 3 weeks on, 1 week off), I was standing in front of the meat counter, trying to decide on […]
When we started talking about the Dinner Challenge idea last week, I actually started with it being a $15 dinner. Sarah said, “No way, must be cheaper!” And, of course, she was right. $15 is no challenge. So then we were at $10 … and a game of Name that Tune ensued. You know, “I […]
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As hard as it is to believe that we just celebrated Sophie’s first birthday yesterday, here we are sitting with an 8-month-old Madeline. My grandmother used to say that thinking time flies is a sign of getting old. I sure hope that’s not the case, but it seems like just yesterday that she was born. […]
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Today my niece, Sophie, turns one year old! It’s hard to believe a whole year has gone by already, but I remember the big day like it was yesterday … which is pretty surprising given my memory usually. My sister was scheduled for a c-section on Saturday, but the prior Thursday morning, we awoke to […]