S-P-E-E-D R-A-C-E-R! My son, without any assistance from us adults, gloms onto the car movies and their assorted parephenalia. With Cars, it was some cheese display at the grocery store that caught his eye — and led to two years of Lightning McQueen worship. With Speed Racer, the new king […]

Starting at 3:00 p.m. today, I’m a single mom for seven entire days. We dropped Scott off at the airport for his trip to NYC. And now we are two. (And three furry beasts.) I joke that these times frighten me, but they’re really not so bad. You step up […]

Barack Obama visited GR last night, where he was endorsed by John Edwards. Oh, the excitement! I kid you not. We’re a pretty Democratic household if you count the two voting adults, so having Mr. Frontrunner in our midst was definitely a wonderful thing. We talked about taking Devin down […]

We were in the car tonight on our way home. I noticed Dev looked like he might be falling asleep so I was trying to find a way to keep him awake. (Do not fall asleep before 6:30, kid…please!) I asked him to tell me a story. He didn’t hesitate: […]

Can’t ya tell?

Lucy and the contraption also known as Supercar What did Devin get for his birthday besides a bike? Lots and lots of Lightning McQueen paraphernalia. Lots. Tons. I’m exagerrating only slightly. He loves these little build-em cars. Big Lego-ish things that you can snap together. So there’s been much car-building […]

Well, can you blame me? It’s Costco cake and we have the leftovers in our refrigerator, staring at me. So there ya have it. I don’t feel so bad about this slight indiscretion because I did go to the gym today. And I simply canceled out all of my efforts. […]

Even in the snow! Devin turns four next week. I shudder slightly. He was two last time noticed. But that’s my constant refrain, so I’ll move along. Scott had the brilliant idea of getting him a bike. With training wheels! And, yes, the kid was thrilled. Of course, it is […]

Because I sat with my kid for a good 15 minutes the other day taking these crazy shots. We were both laughing so hard. I had tears in my eyes and he was giddy with the hilarity of it all. Laughter = perfect moment.

We all know that love doesn’t only happen on Valentine’s Day. It comes in those little everyday moments that often take you by surprise. I mean, who would expect, while sitting on the sidelines of a Junior Hoopsters basketball class, that an almost-4-year-old would split from the group in the […]

Well, he actually dictated it to Scott. It’s an apology for the naughtiness, which caused him to miss his class Valentine’s Day party (also one of his classmate’s birthday celebrations). He handed it to me when I came in the door yesterday after he’d had to leave day care. Scott […]

For Valentine’s Day, I got a call from day care saying that Devin was causing so much trouble today that we needed to come pick him up. Now there’s some love for ya! I don’t know what’s going on with our kiddo lately, but he’s struggling a bit at school. […]