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Like fine wine and fine art
I am getting better with age. Right? My presents, speaking of art: Lousy photo, but you get the drift. If you don’t, here is a close-up of the “schuhe”: My husband commissioned it from my...
View ArticleGossip girl’s birthday party roundup
If you don’t like gossip, you can skip this one (I’ll probably delete it in a few days). If you’re in more of a Dorothy Parker mood and would like to sit by someone who doesn’t have anything nice to...
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Nora and the Gruffalo Twins
Didja see these two cuties? Nonlinear Nora had twins, a boy and a girl, last Friday, and Mo-Wo is throwing a babies’ shower. (So what if the babies are already here. We like to flout convention here...
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Belated, but one of the best ever
The occasion: My birthday, and that of a friend. The event: A dinner party in our honor, with four other friends as guests, and our two husbands as chefs/hosts. The menu: Cold hors d’oeuvres — goat...
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Rocks of all ages
Arrival Big diggers, little diggers He scoops, he pours Beep …. beep … beep … backing up the 27-ton pickup Oh yes, we went there Just your average day at the local quarry, really.
View ArticleSunday
The kids played together all day. Like 12 straight hours, except for about one hour when the shorter one was at Sunday school. All it cost me was about three entire spools of ribbon from my wrapping...
View ArticleCommunique from Kid Agent 004
Kids of the World: The information I am about to reveal may shock you. It may amaze you and anger you. It may, in fact, confirm your own suspicions. Through careful observation, sophisticated...
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Something blue
Twelve hours before we were due to leave for my sister’s wedding, as I was packing like a crazy person, Opie desperately needed to put on his ninja Halloween costume (foreshadowing of things to come at...
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Birthday babies
People never cease to be amazed, or at least interested, in my children’s back-to-back birthdays. I think it’s cool, too–except, most years, the week when it’s actually happening. Then, it’s too much...
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Food. On a stick.
In case you haven’t had it marked on your calendar since last March, today is Food on a Stick Day! We hosted a skewer-filled dinner party (for 16 people, omg) on Saturday to observe this important...
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