I caught Mr. Trouble on Feet coming around the corner with not one but two pairs of child scissors in his hands and a grin on his face, and for a second I thought about snatching them away and putting them out of reach, and then I remembered that my…

My weekend really wasn’t that great.  It was dark.  It was drizzly. It was foggy.   And the honest truth is that it was full of grief for my lost baby, that kind of debilitating grief that sneaks up on a person when they very least expect it.  I wish…

He’s been having fun working on projects, although admittedly we don’t get up to the kids writing area nearly as often as I’d like.  He loves markers and dot inkers.  His favorite colors are blue, orange and red.  He also likes green.

My husband and I tend to be rather moderate in our political views, and quite private about our opinions, which are probably getting a bit more set as we get older, but are still tempered with quite a bit of perspective and ability to see both sides of most issues.…

For the most part, it doesn’t matter to me whether my son has long hair or short hair.  Really, it’s his head, and he has some pretty strong opinions about how he likes his hair.  Actually, I love that he’s confident enough to just ignore all the times people mistake…

I know that age two is supposed to be terrible, but the honest truth is that I have really enjoyed ages 2, 3 and 4 with all of my kids.  I think it’s such fun time of growth and development.  Age two is just adorable in so very many ways,…