{pretty} No commentary needed :-) {happy} Tom recently wired up some extra speakers in our house.  Now we basically have su...

We were at a thrift store the other day, and while digging through the children's book section, I came across a book called The Complete...

Because this kid is a real hand-full sometimes... -1- We've explained to Sly before that superheros are "just cartoon cha...

-1- August is a big birthday month for our family.  We have my birthday (today), then Stella's birthday tomorrow, and Sly's ten da...

Disclaimer:   If you don't like hearing stories about dealing with bodily functions (i.e. being a parent), then this one isn't fo...

I wrote once before about a cute little book Stella's godparents gave to her:  Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit Counting Primer ...

 -1- It just hit me this week that I'm going to have a baby in a MONTH.   It's not like there's much to get ready....I pretty ...

Most of us have imagined at some time or another how much harder life would be if we lost the ability to see or to hear.  But I have to sa...

-1- A blog-friend recently shared a link to a great post over at a blog for my mom about " Mom Style ." I can totally get ...

My little Stella isn't quite 11 months old, but she's definitely started to talk.  I'm not sure if she's actually starti...

 -1- Stella finally started crawling a couple weeks ago.  Crawling babies are the most adorable!  But I forgot how much trouble they...

We saw this at Goodwill last night.

Well, we're obviously awesome parents, because our two-and-half year-old's new favorite catch-phrase is (usually said very loudly, a...

I just remembered 7 Quick Takes Friday, and I don't think I'll have the time to think up and write about seven things (it's clos...

 Just a collection of some sweet and funny little quotes from my two-and-a-half (!) year old. ***** Sly's very into dinosaurs righ...

Oh. my. gosh.  I was just going through a big box of old high school papers that my dad dumped on me (he's in the final stages of emptyi...

-1- Sly's little shoes after St. Nicholas paid a visit the other night. A candy cane, a toy cow, and a holy card showing St. Nich...

Tom and I both have a lot of trouble remembering that Sly is listening to everything we say, and is wont to repeat it.  We're good abo...