We are watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, watching the snow fall and drinking Molson Canadian ( Read more... )

It is a running joke with my mom and I that every time my dad has a home improvement project to do, it is going to involve multiple trips to the hardware store. And actually the same is often true for Michael! Well Liam has started watching "Handy Manny" recently. Manny is a fix-it-guy and every time that he has a project to do, he has to go to the ( Read more... )

In the car yesterday we were trying to explain to Liam the concept of family. Here is how it went:

Liam: "Nana and Cormac are friends"
Niamh: "Yes, they are friends (Michael laughingly said sometimes!), but they are also family. Do you know what family is?"
Liam: "Hugs"

awwwww

I was just finishing watching an episode of Ace of Cakes where they were making the Lincoln Monument. Well, Liam walked in and saw it and told me "that Washington DC, Liam go there with Mama." Nothing escapes his attention!

This morning I had a dentist appointment to have a swollen fat gland removed. Its painful, and this is the 3rd time they've tried to remove it so hopefully it works! And the removal spot is painful. And part of my mouth is numb. But it was doing ok until I took a nap and then I apparently bit part of the inside of my mouth and so now it numb in an ( Read more... )

I thought that this article was really interesting. For a long time we had few close friends with kids, and now things are changing, yay! There are a number of things in the article that I don't agree with, but some of the points that I really liked are below. I think the key is that it takes a lot of energy to maintain friendships sometimes, and ( Read more... )

Liam just informed me that he wants to be daddy when he grows up.

So I don't usually say anything to other parents about their parenting style. I believe its part of being a parent that you get to decide what works best for your family. And I realize that my way is not the current parenting way. We were at a playdate today for MaireAine, and there was another mom there who had a 14 month old. He was not the best ( Read more... )

So I just found this site that makes cute organic kids clothes. I am really tempted to buy Liam this shirt
http://www.gwendesigns.com/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=142

I finally got around to uploading pictures. We were way behind. So now all the pictures since Christmas are up ( Read more... )