Major happenings in the household ( Read more... )

Tonight, I am thankful that everyone in our family is healthy and that we've all got a roof over our heads ( Read more... )

I needed to turn in some kindergarten forms for Camden at the elementary school, so when did I decide to go? This morning of course, during the ice storm (with Dekker in tow) when every other parent was arriving to drop off their kids because of the 2-hour delayed start for school. Not the smartest move ever...

Never, ever ride your moon bounce down a flight of stairs. That is all.

(Teeth and bones are still intact.)

Went to the National Aquarium up in Baltimore this weekend - it was good, but didn't quite live up to the hype. (Maybe we should have sprung for the dolphin show...) It was also pretty crowded for Superbowl Sunday - I cringe to imagine what it is like with the summer crowds. Nearly had a breastfeeding meltdown trying to find someplace private to ( Read more... )

Went to the Air and Space Museum for the millionth time today, but it is still great fun every time we go and _so_ perfect for kids! There's lots of space to run around in, plenty of bathrooms, and it doesn't matter if you're noisy. Even better, as I discovered today, they have little private baby changing rooms which can double as a place to ( Read more... )

Ian's mom came to visit over the MLK weekend and met Dekker for the first time - hurrah! 25% of my company got laid off just before she arrived, which made it an interesting time to be on vacation on Friday. Luckily (I think), I am still employed as of now. We will see what happens, come March, when the next layoffs are scheduled to happen. The ( Read more... )

The dreaded Christmas pageant is finally over, let the holidays truly begin! The next time I think it would be fun to sign Camden up for something like this, someone please shoot me first ( Read more... )

Because this list is so long (it includes books read prior to Dekker's arrival), I'm only including the title, author, and thumbs up / thumbs down review. Going forward, I'll try to be better.... There's some great books in the list - I wish I could give a huge entry to several of these, but then I'll never get this list posted... ( Read more... )

Survived my first two weeks back at work. I can now negotiate with my four-year old about which video to watch while on a conference call, and answer email while breastfeeding. Ain't "work-life balance" great ( Read more... )