We’ll be going down for a much longer exploration of ArtPrize this weekend. But today was just so beautiful and I needed to register so I could get my votes in today. So I grabbed Dev and we scooted downtown for a lightning-fast perusal of the art. I had been […]

I volunteered at Festival of the Arts last year, which segued into volunteering for ArtPrize. I decided to repeat my efforts for both gigs this year and, luckily, Fred (who coordinates a lot of this stuff) was up for having a volunteer of the younger variety come along too. Last […]

And goats. And roosters. And chicks. And sheep. A church in our neighborhood hosts a free family fun night every summer with a bounce house, a dunk tank, hot dogs and ice cream, and a petting zoo. Fresh off the heels of his meet-up with the friendly cat in the […]

With the helmet and all of those pads, I wasn’t worried about setting him free. After about five minutes of clinging to my arm, he saw his friend going it alone and decided to give it a whirl himself. Although he won’t be gracefully cruising down the street anytime soon, […]

He’s becoming such a little animal lover. Makes me smile. This cat walked through the parking lot where Dev likes to ride his bike. I was feeling a bit lazy tonight and bowed out of the physical activity. And because I didn’t bike or rollerblade over, I brought along my […]

Which fits with his current opinion that he KNOWS EVERYTHING. Before I had a kid of my own, I had my fair share of encounters with little imps. And I’ve seen this stage many times before. When they correct you at every opportunity, when they start to challenge your knowledge. […]

Because, honestly, the two Ds hardly ever leave her or Juliette alone. It’s like they have little magnets under their fur and the boys are just drawn to them. Still, she can only handle so much attention before she gets a bit perturbed. Once she’s had enough, Lucy jumps down […]

We didn’t stay long, though. Crazy dog. She just couldn’t sit still. Scott always tells me I need to relax, but I think Juli’s the one who could use some meditation therapy. Still, we lasted for a few songs and she got a walk. It wasn’t a total bust.

Whoosh…the days are flying by so quickly! They always do, I know. But it seems like the speedometer’s been bumped up a notch lately. I’d like to have some slower, lazier moments so I can savor the last few weeks before Dev goes back to school. Back. To. School. Yikes! […]

This was just a few moments before he started asking, loudly, while playing pitcher, “When will we be done? I’m bored!” And was preceded by several repeats of filling his glove with sand and watching it fall to the ground. Oh, and then there was the spinning around in circles. […]

We don’t have many kids in our neighborhood. Parents have kids and move out before they hit school age so they can avoid sending them to our public schools (which have a pretty low graduation rate). We have two under two nearby and a nine-year-old and his three younger sibs […]