Thirty-Six

| September 20, 2011

Here we are. Just a mere four weeks left, if even that. MJ has started calling E “sister” all of the time now. The adorable is beyond words. I can’t wait to teach her to call someone “brother.” E starts out stories to me with flattery. She begins tales about a beautiful mother who has [...]

Conversations: The E Version

| September 15, 2011

Before preschool started this year, E was a wee bit out of sorts because she missed her old school and was terribly worried that she wouldn’t like her new teacher or make any new friends. We did our best to ease those fears, but diving in on the first day was really the only thing [...]

Swinging Doors

| September 12, 2011

Moments after heading upstairs to go to sleep, the husband called down to me. “Umm, Jayna . . . we need to look for your cats. The attic door is wide open.” Our house is a cape cod, and actually has two attics. One is accessed through a closet-sized door, at the top of the [...]

Lazy Sunday: Answers Away!

| September 11, 2011

Two weeks ago, I turned to you all and asked what you wanted to know. After slacking on answering for a week more than I meant to, here we go! Big thanks to those of you that asked away :-) Ally said: “I love love these. Okay you mentioned before how you been to Russia. [...]

One Last Hurrah

| September 6, 2011

As we pulled away from the gas station last Monday, headed north, I plugged in the car DVD player. The one that only gets used on our long trips, allowing me to keep sane as I spend 8 hours on the road, alone, with two small children. With an angry grinding noise, the joyful sounds [...]