Our birthday season is over, and boy am I exhausted. There were all kinds of parties: the Little Princess had a home party with all of her friends (and then another with just family), Miss Sunshine had a home party with a couple of friends, one with family, and a big one at an outside [...]

Our holiday season is upon us. No, I’m not looking at the calendar wrong (though time does seem to fly by faster and faster as I grow older). Nope. I speak of my little family’s own personal holiday season. Today is the day that we celebrate the birth of the Little Princess four years ago. [...]

Miss Impervious has just received a very nice birthday party invitation. It is an invitation to a birthday party at her class’ favorite location, so it is very much expected that everyone will have a raging good time. (And by raging, I do mean raging … the girls go absolutely mad there. Big Daddy Jeff [...]

I had something very exciting to discuss with the two little girls this morning on our drive in to school. “Ladies”, I said (because I am ever hopeful) “I wanted to talk to you about Daddy’s birthday this summer. It’s going to be a very special one.” Miss Impervious: What’s so special about Daddy’s birthday? [...]

Today is a special day. It is my brother-in-law’s birthday; the day to celebrate Big Daddy Jeff’s only brother. It comes so soon after Christmas and New Years that, I am embarrassed to say, we often do not send him the proper presents that he so rightly deserves. I feel all the more guilty because [...]