We got back last night, but had a crazy evening full of well-napped (and therefore, staying up too late) children ( Read more... )

I am taking Friday off and making this a 4-day weekend.

What should I do?

cheers,
me

A man in his 30s, with gazillions of facial tattoos and piercings, buying one tub of Country Crock spread, one box of Minute Rice, and one bottle of Gatorade. The total for these three items was nearly $8. He paid with his Oregon Trail Card (AKA food stamps). This particular Dari-Mart is four blocks from a proper grocery store, and this guy was ( Read more... )

On Saturday I decided to take the boys out for our first two kid trailer adventure. I attempted this without Sean's assistance, so it took about 45 minutes to get everyone ready and in the trailer. I decided to ride through the park with no destination just to try it out. On the up side, the new mountain bike is FANTASTIC and even pulling 100 ( Read more... )

I am sick. I finally succumbed to whatever creeping crud all of the guys had.

But, other than being sick, this has been a great couple of days. I introduced Otto to potato printing on Wednesday (we made valentines!), which he absolutely loved. Then yesterday, he wrote his own name. And I got an email from Singer saying that they'd selected ( Read more... )

Last night Otto learned why we always tell him not to touch the stove. All better today, though it did make for a dramatic bedtime ( Read more... )

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I've begun introducing myself to people as "Mrs. Sean" and not in an ironic way, either ( Read more... )

We had a busy, fun weekend. My dad and stepmom were visiting, and Otto had a blast hanging out with his Grampy and Granhappy. They treated us to new shoes: Otto got a pair of Keen sandals, and I got two pairs (!) of Danskos (Lolita and Lotus, both in black), and got us Mario Kart Wii (OMG, so much fun ( Read more... )