Gracie

  • 2:30am

    Our kids have always been good sleepers.  They sleep through the night, and for the most part they get 11-12 hours of sleep every night.  But lately, Gracie has started this disturbing trend.…

  • Toes in the Water

    Change in plans for St. Jude’s.  Clearly, I am not a details person and didn’t plan this well.  I can’t link to the kids’ charity page because it affiliates them with their daycare…

  • Art Festival Goodness

    This weekend, we loaded the kids up on Saturday morning and headed down to the Lake Eola Arts Festival. Lake Eola is this giant lake in the middle of downtown Orlando. The city…

  • The Festival of Gracie

    The term “birthday” is so misleading. “Birthday” (singluar) would seem to imply that the celebration lasts a single day. Our family is either doing them so right or totally wrong because birthday celebrations…

  • From the Trenches of Motherhood

    I’M REPORTING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE TRENCHES OF MOTHERHOOD!  IT IS 4:38AM!  I HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM MY POSITION IN MY OWN BED BY A TWO-YEAR-OLD HAVING NIGHTMARES!  I WOULD LIKE THE…

  • The Happy Delinquent

    Every night at dinner, we ask the kids how their days at school were.  They each get the chance to tell us what they did, who they played with, and what they learned.…

  • She’s Two

    “Gracie, do you want me to help you?” “NO! I do it mysef.” “You sure you don’t want Mommy to help you?” “NO! Gaycee is a big gul. I do it mysef.” “AAAAAHHHHHHHH!”…

  • The Odd Couple

    Now, I love my dog, Lucy.  Love her.  But as much as I love her, Lucy is sort of the black sheep of our family.  She is grumpy, and is sort of like…