Connor and Helen Grow Up

Nobody in my family is terribly into cars - or so I thought. It turns out, if let loose on the floor at the Washington Auto Show, Helen and ...

Two nights ago, dinner was very frustrating for both Connor and me. I won't air our dirty laundry, but I walked away from dinner with a ...

I have been gifted with two amazing nieces (more, actually, but this post is about my sister's kids). They are teens now, which means th...

Marathon training is in full tilt at this point. And it's becoming increasingly obvious that it involves a lot more than just me. I dec...

There's an expression about bottling up children's energy. And having spent several late-school opening days and two exhausting week...

A week ago last Friday, Connor came into my bedroom at 4 AM complaining of burning eyes and a sore throat. This would devolve into him falli...

Many years ago, I purchase a very sad looking fake tree at Target - and then I decorated it with approximately 3 million lights, and I reall...

On Thanksgiving, I announced to my family that we would be participating in the 36 days of awesome. We would each run 1 mile every day from ...

I have become a paranoid mess. On Friday night, Connor visited my bedroom and told me his eyes hurt and he was hot. He had a low-grade fever...

Today, Helen's class had a little party to wrap-up school before the break. Part of the party was a gift exchange, where each student dr...