Yay! First snow of the season. I’m cracking up at my kids - they are flipping out over the snow, like they’ve forgotten about the existence of snow altogether. They’re ready to go out and build a snowman, and I’m having a hard time convincing them that the light dusting we got of powdery, dry [...]

Kayley wore my costume from last year to her buddy Dylan’s birthday/Halloween soirée. Doesn’t she look cute? She LOVED being so tall - between the wig and the shoes, she was a good 8 inches taller than her usual shrimpy self. I think she had fun, but she was worn OUT by the time I [...]

Kayley and I just had a very tense discussion about homework, and more specifically, TURNING IT IN. I don’t know why it’s so easy for her to send a thousand text messages a day, but so difficult to turn in her homework. Tears were shed by her and by myself as well. And I confiscated [...]

Fally? Fall-ey? Okay, it’s a made-up word. But, yeah! I’m feelin’ it! After our record-breaking heat wave, we’ve got the most amazing forecast coming up for the weekend. On Friday, we’re supposed to see a high of 68. That’s thirty degrees cooler than it’s been lately! Ahhh! And, I even heard mention of SNOW in [...]

Folks, it’s happened. One of my offspring has started blogging. Check out her blog at KayleySays.com if you’d like. Just click the button there. And hey! She posted pictures of her birthday party. Fun stuff.