When Hostess went out of business last year, my first thought was, “Oh no! What’s Dad going to do?” You see, my father has a deep and abiding love for Ding Dongs. Given the choice between those and pretty much any other snack dessert thingy, he’ll choose the Ding Dong every time. He even has a giant foil ball made… View Post
We spent one morning of our beach trip at some nearby tide pools. Maybe we would have seen more if we’d gone when the tide was going out instead of coming in, but we really couldn’t have asked for a better day to be there. Some of us couldn’t wait to check things out. Others of us (ahem, Margot) couldn’t… View Post
One of my list items was to go to the beach as a family. Maybe that was cheating a little, since this trip had been in the works for longer than my list has existed. Still, it’s something I really wanted to do, and turning it into an actual goal made me feel like we’d be less likely to back… View Post
We’re home again (jiggety jig) and dealing with a major vacation hangover. At least I am. There’s just so much stuff to deal with after being gone for more than a week. The biggest offenders: not enough sleep (Margot has decided she’s now too cool for her former habit of waking up only once [ONCE!] at night and is instead… View Post
I had every intention of blogging every day this week. I’ve got drafts all written up and a list of photos to take during the girls’ naps…and it is already Thursday and when did that happen? In the middle of swimming lessons and library visits and last-minute shopping excursions and tons of laundry and attempting to use up all the… View Post