Last month, Three took his 5th trip to Disney World. I hope some day he understands how fortunate he has been. After taking him there at 13 months, 23 months, 2.5 years, 2.75, and 3.5, I can tell you with much certainty that 3.5 is the best age to take a munchkin. He thorou0ghly enjoyed himself, as [...]

About a month ago, Three spent the weekend illustrating to us that he now has a full understanding of the word ‘Freakin’. Freakin’ snow. Freakin’ bedtime. Freakin’ chicken for dinner? Really Mama? I want freakin’ pasta!’ It went on, and on. We played the whole thing down, and by mid-day Monday he has lost interest [...]

I’d been thinking about doing this, and then Linda at All & Sundry posted this list, and it was easier to answer the questions than to think of ones to answer myself. A new tradition? If I can remember I did this next year ;) 1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never [...]

I should lead this off by saying that as a child, I wanted for nothing. We always had enough of everything. And then some. We weren’t OVERLY spoiled, but we were certainly not hurting either. But even with that, there were a lot of Christmases that came with a fair amount of disappointment on my [...]

I haven’t been feeling the whole Christmas thing this year. I know that part of that is the Christmas Creep the retailers impose on us. When Christmas trees start appearing in stores in September I totally roll my eyes. By October, I’m sort of intrugied and start to think of the season ahead, and by [...]