AUTHOR'S NOTE:Thank you all for sharing in Harry and Dan's lives - it's been wonderful chronicling them. For those of you who want to know how the story goes from here on in, the rest of their tale can be found underneath the lj-cut below ( Read more... )

Well, we had a blissful, if exhausting, couple of days at Disneyworld. The girls were enthralled! And Hermione came away understanding, I think, how much of a family we are already. All around, a good time. Now we're busy-busy, shopping for things for the new house, getting everything ready ( Read more... )

The sleepover at the house was a grand success. We ordered pizza, toasted marshmallows and had S'Mores for dessert, made popcorn, all the while talking about the house and what we'd do with it, how it was going to be once we were all moved in and settled. Woke up and went to IHOP for a hearty breakfast, then spent the day splashing around in the ( Read more... )

Shrek 3 was good, not as first as the first two though. Same for Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Had two lovely nights out with the various segments of my family - if I never eat "buttered" popcorn again, though, it'll be too soon ( Read more... )

Therapy today went well, I think. I went over some of the things on my mind, my concerns about raising two girls, stuff like that, and the doc was very receptive and helped me work a few things through. As for Kim, when I asked her how it went, she shrugged and said, "It was okay," which beats the hell out of It sucked or any such thing... so I ( Read more... )

We have now all seen both Shrek movies. Good stuff! I'm looking forward to going to see the third one, now...

Harry and Lisha's therapy appointment was today. Neither said much about it, but I gather it went all right. Harry left me with potpies ready to be popped in the oven for dinner, so I had that ready when they got back. Spent the rest of the evening just relaxing with the family. Good stuff ( Read more... )

So this weekend we've played in the park together, watched Shrek together, had swimming lessons with Harry, eaten his fresh baked bread, and gone to Ted's Montana Grill for yummy bison burgers and meatloaf and filet. Overall, a good family weekend, and relaxing. And a good thing, too: next week will be hectic. Monday after school is Harry and ( Read more... )

Well, it's official - Pirates of the Caribbean is too intense for our little one. We got as far as Elizabeth's scene on the pirate ship (with Barbossa and his apple) and the moonlight transformation of the Black Pearl's cursed crew, and she jumped and hid her face against Harry's shirt, saying, tell me when they're gone. So I shut off the DVD and ( Read more... )

Kim's just popped out of the pensieve and dragged me in with her to look at her choice. It's an entire showroom selection, already done up with curtains and linens and wallpaper to match the furniture. The basic look is ruffly and romantic and very feminine, creamy off-white base color with florals and stripes done in dusty roses and light minty- ( Read more... )