Glitterati

Gemma. Oh, Gemma. She is, hands down, the busiest toddler we’ve had yet.  Quick and curious, she is into EVERYTHING. For the others, “Uh oh!” has meant “Cease and desist now” but for Gem?  For her it means “Run faster!”. When...

Week in Review

It’s been a while, I know. Mama Syd has been here and there has been the culling of the hand-me-downs (you should see the living room!  Oh. My.), an adventure or two, a new math program and more.  Good stuff, I assure you. However, it’s left little time...

Sounds About Right

Philip is desperate to be an altar server. Before, during, and after each and every mass we attend there is a good deal of, “I just can’t wait until I’m an altar server!” or “How much longer until I can serve?” or “Max is so...

Influence

This story begins with our friends the Yantes.  Remember back in August when they gave us The Okee Dokee Brother’s CD? Now the Brother’s are Grammy winners and we are sampling their other albums.  Top of the list at the moment is Take it Outside.  There...

Hear Ye

So Ellie . . . Ellie is our girl of funny words.  The one who twists things just the slightest degree so that they’re nearly the way they should be but are different enough to be funny.  To stick. Of course now that I’m putting pen to paper (as it were . ....