Connor and Helen Grow Up

Our neighborhood has a group of families that all chip in about $20 and then we rotate a moonbounce around to the various houses. For the pa...

I have no idea if the title is an exclusively Midwestern phrase, but Helen embodies it perfectly. This is clearly taking Helenstyle to ...

Ed and Connor have been attempting to capture rabbits for at least as long as we've lived in our current home - maybe longer. I still h...

Last weekend, we went on our annual spring camping trip with Therese and her crew. This season's trip was to Elk Neck State Park , wher...

Dear Helen, You have now reached the stunning age of 55 months. Stunning, because I look at you now and you seem to have left all that tod...

Ed and I moved in together in the Fall of 1998. We'd been dating about a year, my lease was up, the timing seemed good. We signed a one ...

Dear Connor, Counting your age in months is truly ridiculous. I get that. But my mind is a sieve these days, and I feel the memories of yo...

Connor really doesn't like to write. And when he does write, it doesn't bother him at all that his writing is sloppy. That just kill...

We just got back from our first home exchange! We went to Williamsburg for the weekend while a couple from Williamsburg came to DC for the...