Last night seemed like the perfect opportunity to watch a Red Sox game for the first time this year. I settled in to watch a few innings while the kids were doing their "last few minutes of videogaming before bed." All was going pretty well until the Sox blew a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth and Isaac suddenly decided to take an interest. ( Read more... )

Isaac's birthday party was on Sunday but I'll get to that in a moment. First I have to post about the tooth drama ( Read more... )

So we're going up to Vermont this weekend. A couple of old family friends have a place up there and have been trying to get us to come up and ride on this train, the Green Mountain Railway, which is an old-fashioned railroad with the old iron engines and goes along what's supposed to be an incredibly scenic route. Isaac is still pretty well ( Read more... )

Wow, we had a busy weekend! Finally the weather is warming up and it's really starting to feel like summer, YAY ( Read more... )

A belated Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and mom-like substances on my flist. Hope you had a good one, if you care about such things.

( this got a little long...just a summary of how my Mother's Day went )

Whew, we had quite a day! It was in the low 80s F today, which is very unusual for this time of year, not to mention quite a surprise after a string of days in the 50s. By 9am it was probably around 60 and we went in the back yard for a while. Then we had to go to swimming lessons ( Read more... )

I've been almost completely absent from LJ lately (maybe you've noticed) - just so busy with everything going on in life, not to mention my newfound PackRat obsession. ;P Anything momentous going on with you? (I'm always kind of amused when people post that, like, "if you posted anything recently that you think I should see, let me know." Are ( Read more... )

Last night was completely ridiculous. I shall attempt to post more about it later. For now, just the summary: Sox scored 10 runs in the first inning. Rangers scored 8 runs in the fifth inning. Final score: Red Sox 19, Texas 17. zomg.

And I got this:

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OK, now I'm at work where I can't do much about the mouse, so I'll distract myself (and you?) with a post about the kids.

( what Isaac is up to these days )

Behind the cut is the update I was writing this afternoon before I got "The Call" from daycare. It basically talks about what we did this weekend (not much) and what I've been cooking and reading lately.

( the update )