Last night I had the strangest dream.  I was walking into a bookstore, don's ask me how I knew it was a bookstore as I didn't see an...

Tonight after the Big Boy rushed through his Our Father (prayer); I paused and looked at him. Do you think you were really talking to God ...

Me: How old are you? RR: 9 Me: What is your favorite subject in school? RR: Math Me: What is least favorite subject in school? RR: Sp...

As of tomorrow I will have a pre-teen.  The Big Boy turns 9.  As my mother just reminded me on the phone, the last year before double digit...

TT has many many nicknames.... to the point where it's just a little silly. His given name: Theodore Wayne His nicknames: Theo ...

"On a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is the pain?" "Listen doctor, I've experienced natural child birth; that's a 10.  Do...

Some of the funnier conversations with RR lately.... 1st here's a now infamous one I posted on FB lately: Me: RR that's not the ...

Last week I posted about getting the Big Boy ready for overnight camp.  I was all about getting him ready and sending him off.  And I was w...

Our public library is turning 125 this summer, and to celebrate they are hosting a number of events.  This evening was the "Children...

I've spent my entire life living in the north east.  When I was growing up we didn't have a single air conditioner in the whole hous...

"Few things brought such swift and terrible retribution on a kid as a pair of busted glasses."   - Ralphie, A Christmas Stor...

Turkey's first crush was Natalie Portman, but not Natalie Portman as the actress; but rather Padme from Star Wars. Until one day he...

I had a brilliant idea a few months back - I would take the boys TOGETHER for their yearly-well child visit.  I book what our pediatrician...

I have always found comfort and strength in my children during hard times.  That is not to say I lean on them for  moral support, but rather...

Having a 7 year-old means... finding cupcake wrappers on your bathroom floor finding Lego pieces just about everywhere - the laundry, you...

When we tell people Monkey's real name, they always ask "What is his nickname going to be?".  And we always tell them we haven...

Monkey is 2 months old today, which makes Turkey 7 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 1 day (it's easy to figure out Turkey's exact age, b...

I've been debating writing this blog entry for a few days now, but not debating whether or not to write it, but debating when to write i...

I will admit in the 9 months leading up to Monkey's birth I was worried about how Turkey would react, after all he had been an only chil...

I like schedules and set plans.  I like to know when the party is going to start and when it is going to end.  I like to know that after X, ...