Amanda has really been enjoying coloring lately. She loves to sit down, by herself or with a parent, and color. She has a little coloring spot set up on our table where she can go and sit down to color anytime she wants. We’re trying to teach her the rule that crayons are only for at [...]

Kaitlyn was having so much fun playing with mom the other day. I managed to catch a little of her giggling on video to share with you. She was laughing even more before I turned on the camera, of course - but isn’t that what kids always do? I hope she brightens your day; her [...]

I haven’t come up with an idea for what to write about today. So instead, I’m going to tell you all to go read my friend Charlotte’s blog. It’s always entertaining. Hopefully, one of the girls will do something cute or silly soon.

They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, right? So here we go! Before… Katie feeling mischevious… What do you mean, I’m not supposed to do that? And after: Hey mommy, look what I did! Aren’t I just wonderful? By the way, that’s probably the fewest books she’s pulled off the shelf in a while. She usually empties the whole [...]

I just finished reading this book recently, so I thought I’d do a review. It’s the first book in a set by Naomi Novik, and I quite enjoyed it. It’s a cross between fantasy and historical fiction, which made it an interesting mix. The book is set during the Napoleonic wars, as Britain works to [...]

with Manny Ramirez. We are, of course, avid Dodgers fans in this house. But I admit to some misgivings when I heard the Dodgers had traded for Manny. First, there’s the silly stunts he pulled from time to time in Boston. Then, I was afraid the Dodgers were going to trade away some of their [...]

Amanda got these cute sunglasses in a goody bag from her Auntie Julie from a cousin’s birthday party. They were an instant hit. In fact, she didn’t want to take them off to go to bed the first night, until I explained to her that mommy has to take her glasses off to go [...]

So my little Kaitlyn is working on crawling lately. She’s just about 8 months now, and she really wants to be able to chase her big sister (and her parents) around the house. About two weeks ago, she started getting up on her hands and knees and rocking, and sort of singing to herself as [...]

Aren’t these just the cutest little baby socks? Katie got these from her Auntie Julie, I think for Christmas, and they are just the right size right now (and they actually stay on her feet, which is a hard trick with babies). Enjoy her toes - Katie sure does! [...]