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When it comes to Christmas shopping for my kids, I’m a believer in the “something to wear, something to read, something they want, something they need” guide. This gives each child four gifts and a stocking, plus a couple extra joint gifts from Santa to share as a family. It works for us. This year was a different year […]

This past month has been stupidly hot. And I don’t like hot. I lie around on the couch moaning to anyone that will listen, which is pretty much only the baby – he likes it when I lie down because then he can stab his sharp little fingernails up my nose. At one point as I lay on […]

My husband and I took the girls to a frog exhibit a few weeks ago. When we passed by the gift shop, the girls noticed the small aquariums with the African Dwarf Frogs for sale. They of course asked if we could buy one and I of course said no and my husband of course […]

This post contains affiliate links. Last night we finished decorating the baby’s room. Yeah, yeah, I know he’ll be five months old on Saturday, but what can I say? He’s kept us busy. When we first decided to give him a room of his own, we weren’t even planning to decorate it. I mean, sure, […]

It snowed on Sunday, just like it did four years ago when Harbour was born. I remember going to pick up the birthing tub at the midwives four years ago. It was the day before her birthday –  I was 40 weeks + 2 days. The midwives told me that a wicked winter storm was […]

Apparently 2014 was the Year of the Horse, according to the Chinese Zodiac. I was really hoping it was the Year of the Cow because I was going to be all clever and declare it the Year of the Cowl instead. Booyah. Alas, my cleverness will go to waste until 2021 when the Ox year […]