This morning everyone left the house. It's been a while.  But Alex and Julia were surprisingly cooperative about going back to daycare.  Maybe they were looking forward to playing with kids other than each other. Of course, the morning never runs without a little bump or two.  Julia was being mildly ornery while I was… Continue reading Know Thyself

"Mommy, open the fridge and give me an ice cube so I can put it down Daddy's pants because he put an ice cube in my underpants!"

Well...Sid's not going to last much longer.  It's been warming up, and a little while ago I noticed him leaning backwards, gazing beseechingly at the sky, wondering about the meaning of his all-too-brief existence. I just looked out again.  His head has fallen off. I don't know why, but I sort of find the whole… Continue reading Forty Three Degrees

Two weeks ago we had a tiny bit of snow one morning.  I was buckling the kids into their car seats, and Alex was singing his version of Frosty's theme song: Frosty, the snowman, wid a happy, jolly soap, wid a conconpine an a buddin nose and two eyes made out of cold... I went… Continue reading Happy, Jolly Soap

...we're home today.  Again. I was home for chunks of the week last week - Julia had a fever and a double ear infection (which  probably was partly responsible for the fever, but we didn't know about the ear infection til we brought her to the Dr because she just never complains about her ears,… Continue reading Mediator