Connor and Helen Grow Up

Connor spends much of his time in his own world, observing little of the action around him. Helen spends nearly all of her time cataloging e...

Marathon training season started for me today, followed by a game of Risk in which Connor utterly crushed me. During the game, Connor announ...

The basic standards for a good toy in our house is that the ratio of hours of entertainment must be high relative to the amount of space the...

Today, Connor's art class presented artwork that showed a surprise. I wasn't able to attend, but a friend took this video of Connor...

Arlington County has changed the reporting guidelines for lice, and it is no longer a requirement that families report the little buggers. T...

Will a seagull steal a chip from a child's bottom? The answer is yes! If he lies still enough. But it takes longer than you might...

This past Halloween, Connor and Helen - along with a friend of theirs - took part in our first family Bike-or-Treat. The ride was sponsored ...

Once upon a time, I was the kind of parent who signed her child's school paper every single night - just as the teacher asked. But then ...

Connor hit upon the game Pokemon a few months ago, and he's been playing with friends, Ed, and occasionally Helen and I whenever he gets...

As mentioned last Wednesday, a week ago Sunday, we should have been coming back from a camping trip. But by the time we settled on where we ...