Connor and Helen Grow Up

A few weeks ago, inspiration struck. Ed and I decided we needed to mulch all of our garden beds, which means we needed to weed all of our ga...

Pre-game activity: Go to the playplace - a large indoor play area that has a bunch of toys geared toward the 1-4 year old crowd. Connor actu...

Yesterday, I finally got in touch with the local Waldorf school. Morning pre-school every day seemed a bit excessive at age 2, but I think C...

When I became a mom, I often felt like a was getting crowded from all sides. Connor needed my attention constantly, Ed and I had the balance...

Yesterday, I went to a baseball game with a friend while Ed took Connor to swim lessons. Apparently the lessons went pretty well. Afterwards...

Connor knows a lot of words. He can express himself in most situations. The one word that he refuses to use is "yes". Almost alway...

Recently, Connor has been into doing things backwards. Probably this is because he’s related to Ed who has a penchant for doing things backw...

Dear Connor, Today, you turned 22 months old. A couple of days ago, your dad remarked that you would be lucky to make it to your second birt...

Ed has apparently decided that having two children could get quite expensive (particularly when the next one is going to be a girl!), so he...

Last week, Ed decided we should have pizza for dinner. Typically, I would've made the dough, but instead I delegated the task to the men...