From Ian: I'm tired (communicated through crying).  From Ansel: Mom, is it fast Sunday today or slow Sunday? ...and... The rains came do...

Ollie had his first piano recital a while back. The kid was nervous but mustered up the courage and played like a champ! I was impressed.  H...

Ansel has been waiting to turn four for a long time now. The day finally came and he was so very excited. This guy is such a treat to have a...

Sometimes I'll look at my kids seriously and say to them, "Hey, I want to tell you something." They'll stop and look back,...

I saw this ad in a magazine I was reading the other day.  It made me sure that I never wanted to ever try that pizza-like concoction picture...

Oliver recently discovered that he has what he calls an ancient penny. It's from 1942 and made mostly of copper (instead of the copper-p...

Last night Jess and I finished a movie that took us three nights to barrel through. The movie was so bizarre and slow, but it had Anthony Ho...

Ansel likes going to Trader Joe's because at checkout they often give him a lollipop. They used to just give him stickers, but once he w...

We are beating the winter gray and lengthy evening blues over here. Our days are quickly passing by. A smattering of our doings now.  Ollie ...

WITH REAL INTENT I intend to do more of this, live more like this this year and beyond.