Well our little critter went and grew two months in the blink of an eye. Crawling, check. Cruising, nearly. Standing up against anything ...

This morning Hazel slept in late. When she woke up she refused to do anything until she wrote down the story in her head. I wanted to hurr...

Ed done good. Turns out the un-subtle route reaped the best birthday ever. First, he sent me a gorgeous bouquet of tulips - it is so fun ...

Our front door, original to the 1979 house, is a disaster. Totally crooked, big breezy gaps, and not very secure. It especially hits in the ...

Ed's at work. Ginger and Hazel are at school. Poppy is taking a nap, bless her. The house is quiet, quiet, quiet. I've just post...

Aah, it's birthday week. Best week of my year. I have tried to keep the week free of non-essential appointments, jobs or errands and p...

Ginger has turned four. Creating her baby book over the last year has given me the needed outlet for sentimentalism so this post will just ...

Hazel is obsessed with college. She's five. BUT. Last fall our favorite babysitter went away to college so we had some explaining to ...

As mentioned, the Popster has some new tricks up her sleeve. It's like a trick explosion around here, and they're likely to be old ...

Aah, New Year's resolutions. Don't do 'em, never have. I don't even like goal-setting, thanks to the backfiring efforts of...

(I really did send this to him. After 10 years, I'm giving up subtle entirely.) Dear Mr. Hickman, This is to remind you that your wife...

So close to crawling Solid, loving, curious Yelling like crazy

I know we're decorating amateurs (one step up from lamos) but here are some shots of us trying to get in the spirit. Seriously, I do tr...