Happy Easter! And look! I am able to post photos again! I’ll try not to overwhelm you with them. Let's get to the takes!Read More

It’s the last day of school! I am so very sad to see first grade end. After the excitement of kindergarten last year, first grade—at least from this parent’s perspective—was a breeze.Leo could do his homework in the after-school program. His teacher emailed once a week about the assignments forRead More

Today is the day of Halloween parties. I’m helping with one in kindergarten, attending one with our children at our friends’ house in the evening, and then rounding out the day with a final party with John in the evening.Yes, I’ll be in costume. No, I won’t tell you what mineRead More

A blizzard is coming.This will be our first real snow this winter, and our children are so excited. And, of course, schools are closed even though the snow hasn’t started. About 39 flakes fell from the sky on Wednesday night and the schools were delayed two hours the next morning.Read More

Contrary to what you might have thought, we didn’t celebrate the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux in a grand way. I started my daily blogging effort for the month of October inspired by her Little Way, and I did mention to our sons that it was her feast day.For breakfastRead More

I think we were supposed to argue politics at Thanksgiving dinner, but the only dicey moment was when people disagreed on the benefits of butter.I’m staying out of that one.Earlier in the day, Daniel asked me, “How does Grandpa carve the turkey? Does he carve it out of a pumpkin?”IRead More

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We celebrated this wonderful feast day by…um…well…I wore green! And so did John, though that might have been accidental. Sadly, our boys just wore their plain uniforms.I definitely could have done more to celebrate St. Patrick at home. I’ll have to blare some Irish music aroundRead More