• If You Give a Bean a Pumpkin

    If you’re standing in the grocery store line and you see plastic Halloween pumpkins for 99 cents, you’ll probably decide to pick up a little treat for your Bean. And since the grocery…

  • Context

    First, let me apologize to you cyber friends of mine for my lack of blogging this week.  The reason for this is my aforementioned preference for YAKKING every half hour.  Makes blogging difficult. …

  • Laying Down on the Job

    This week, Bean’s daycare teachers sent me an email with a few pictures of him they took this week.  Isn’t that nice?  I got the email at work and it just made me…

  • The First Spark of Creativity

    Lately, we have been spending most of our free time right here. In our backyard. While Bean loves the swimming pool, what he would much rather play with are his school bus and…

  • First Day of School

    Yesterday was Bean’s first day at his new school.  We got up and going early and totally would have been on time if Bean didn’t eat like a snail.  He takes forever to…

  • 15 Months Old

    Today Bean has his 15-month-old doctor’s appointment.  When I called to schedule it, I had to think twice about if he was really that old.  How could that be?  Wasn’t he just a…

  • It’s Not Worth It, Mr. Bear!

    DON’T DO IT, MR. BEAR! IT’S NOT WORTH IT! WE LOVE YOU! BEAN LOVES YOU! WHATEVER HAPPENED, WE’LL WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER! JUST STEP AWAY FROM THE TRASH CAN! WHAT’S THAT, MR. BEAR?…