I love my ViVi! It’s not possible that she’s already 8 1/2 months old. Sniff, sniff; her baby time is slipping away much too quickly. I had her in the crib the other day playing while I was sewing (or attempting to, anyway), and I looked over to find Violet nearly standing with assistance from [...]

Through all the chaos of vacations, visits to/from Grandma, sick kids, and catching up I nearly forgot about a big event. Mimi lost her first tooth! It happened the weekend before our big trip to San Diego and completely caught us off guard. Mimi was only 2 months into her 5th year, so we didn’t [...]

As a way to get a few moments to myself yesterday morning to do some yoga I put the girls in charge of feeding Violet her breakfast. To relieve some of the stress of handing over this responsibility I stripped Violet down to the diaper and let the girls have at it. Surprisingly, they got [...]

Mike had his annual AAE meeting where he attends 4-5 days of classes, lectures, breakfasts, lunches, etc. This year’s conference took place in San Diego, and I wasn’t missing this opportunity to tag along. Violet was lucky enough to still be nursing and got to travel with us. She continued her well-behaved ways and was [...]

A neighbor so kindly donated a baby car to Violet. She was very cute in it and loved every minute of her first ride in her new wheels. This is as close as I get to letting my girls drive on their own. I let the girls have their turn at pushing Violet around the [...]