Is breakfast like this at your house? I sort of think it is, but sometimes I get little seeds of doubt telling me that your house might not be as weird as mine. The boys wanted to me give ...

I’m not quite sure what’s happening here. Is it The Hustle? I think someone forgot to tell our short stuff to bust his move. Even his coach is trying to throw a Jedi mind trick at him. I have ...

This post has been a tough one for me. He’s three, ya’ll. I’m not quite sure why it’s been difficult. I didn’t think that I was sad that he’s growing up and checking off years one, two, and three ...

This has been a whirlwind week. First, Valentine’s Day (out-of-order post to come, hopefully), second, Ewan’s birthday, third, Hank’s birthday and party, and fourth, Ewan’s birthday party. All within four days. Today’s power nap was more deserved than any ...

Just a teaser. It was an early morning wake-up call, his birthday. In fact, 6:45 a.m. precisely. But worth it. What an alarm clock. And another couple of presents. More to come, from the 3yo. And btw? Stephen Perkins…eat ...

Sometimes, it’s really hard. To justify investing in professional pictures of your family. To really spend some time thinking about who you’d like to capture your kids at this moment in time; to just simply freeze life for a ...

I never realized that playing dress-up could be a part of raising boys. I thought, after walking aisle after aisle in toy stores, that that delightful part of growing up was simply reserved for girls who could be princesses, ...

I love that phrase. Love. There’s rarely ever a time when it’s unnecessary or unwelcome, and this girl shot two thumbs up and toward herself (weird to take about myself as herself, but let’s just go there, shall we?) ...

I love birthdays. Ok let me clarify. I love other people’s birthdays. :) Mine just remind how old I’m becoming and how very much of an unwilling bird I am to go gracefully. I’m fighting tooth and nail and ...

The youngest fella in the household gets the short end of the stick a lot. Little things, such as when he walks around with a ball in his hand and his older brother walks by and for no apparent ...