Today Ethan and I hiked another new trail in the Woods of Wenonah where we saw the Comey Lake Japanese Tea House.  I've been trying to find the trail that the tea house is on for awhile now, and I finally bought a trail map, and voila!  We hiked right to it.  Maps = good.  It was pretty cool and the trails surrounding it were pretty challenging ( Read more... )

As much as I know you can't wait to hear about my Mother's Day, I have something really cool to tell you first.  Except that you probably don't give a shit about this either.

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Ethan took off his training wheels!!!  It was a great gift just to watch the pride on his face and the excitement of impressing his mama.  He beamed.

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The past few days have been unseasonably hot here in the Northeast - giving me no choice but to crank up the air conditioning and fill up the pool.  Even though it's nice and cool in the house - you can only stay inside for so long with two energetic boy children.  So there's a lot of color in our cheeks and on our shoulders, and even on that $9, ( Read more... )

T.O.P* and I were sitting here procrastinating our Easter duties tonight when he noted that we aren't nearly as excited about it as we were last year.  I pointed out the fact that the kids aren't as little anymore and that I was quite ready, in fact, to just tell them the truth about the "Easter Bunny".  (You'll recall a similarly themed entry ( Read more... )

I hardly ever have the television turned on during the day, but this morning right before noon I tuned into the Inauguration coverage.  I explained to the boys that today is the day Barack Obama officially starts his job as the president, and I made kind of a big deal when he was taking the oath, so they would understand (perhaps in hindsight, when ( Read more... )

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I'd managed to preserve the idea of Santa around here for at least one more year, mostly to appease my husband.  If it were up to me I'd probably tell the kids the truth and I'd get all the credit for the gifts I worked so hard to purchase and wrap ( Read more... )

People.  This is exactly the kind of thing I was referring to when I threatened you about your retail habits.


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