Just When You Think You’re In The Clear…
…you realize you are not. I really clicked into the groove of loving our life this summer. I mean, really enjoying every moment of it. I’ve been making things pretty: our walkway is now lined with...
View ArticleReplacing The Bad With the Good
One of the exercises I’m really liking from Keiko Zoll’s The You Project (the best $7.50 I’ve spent in AGES, by the way) is writing down the negative things I think about myself during the day. There...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Life
Oh, boy. This weekend, it kinda blew. Ear infections, tantrums, exhaustion, etc. I will spare you all the details, because my Mom and some friends made it better. Amidst the chaos and the...
View Article“We Will All…Fall”
“We are all vulnerable, and we will all, at some point of our lives (pause) fall. We will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts, that what we have is special. That it can be taken away from us,...
View ArticleLittle Fish Fry: Fashion Edition
My daughter loves clothes. (Shocker, replied no one.) She chooses her own outfits. Lord forbid I suggest anything! Today she wanted to run into puddles and dodge raindrops. Unfortunately, there were...
View ArticleFall Family Fashion Show
The kids and I decided to dress up and take some photos of our fall finery. Darcy played photographer. Turtleneck: INC. Shrug: Banana Republic, 2006. Skirt: Banana Republic, 2006. Belt: MiL bought in...
View ArticleBirthday Party: Gingham, Ponies and Everything Nice
Twin birthdays are tricky. This year, we decided to have separate parties. One down. Dress: Designer unknown, bought by MiL in Paris this spring. That trip was really good for her closet! My daughter...
View ArticleTop 5 Tips for Hosting a Child’s Birthday
I’ve gotten a few tweets and emails asking for my advice on throwing a child’s birthday. Tip 1: Don’t get a flat tire the day before one of the parties like I did We decided to have two events this...
View ArticleA Glimpse of What Was
Our basement is finally being rebuilt after our recent plumbing catastrophe. Today was, as our contractor gleefully informed me via email, “Jackhammer Day!” I was instructed to be gone from 9-5. I...
View ArticleNew Years Musings
I love the renewed resurgence of blogging that seems to blossom in January. Maybe it’s inevitable: we don’t have any family functions, the weather keeps us indoors and wonderful blogging and reading...
View ArticleMy Little Babies Are All Growns Up
(A virtual Dirty Martini with many olives to the first reader to correctly identify the movie my headline references.) I remember when you were tiny, with rolls of fat on your legs. I remember that any...
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