We hadn’t been to church for a while…In fact, it might have been well over a year since we last went (I know, I know). We decided that advent was as good of a time as any to return, so we went this past Sunday. With the Catholic school rubbing […]
Writers block is a bitch. The words are there in my brain, but swirling around and I struggle to articulate them and put them together in a meaningful way. It’s like having a new LEGO set without instructions. Several times I sat down to try to craft the sentences and […]
I usually try not to get the kids to riled up at bed time, but the other night, my improvised bed time song got Ben and Matt all sorts of laughing: Ole McDonald had a farm, Ee I ee I oh! And on that farm he had some cows, Ee […]
As I mentioned previously, Ben has an entrepreneurial spirit and made several attempts to squeeze money from both friends and family through his various themed stores. His latest store was a rental shop, where, for the low price of $1.00, you could rent a LEGO piece, such as a Stormtrooper helmet […]
Lately, Benjamin has been OBSESSED with Star Wars Fighter Pods, tiny little rubber figures of the different Star Wars characters. Last night, while at Rite Aid, I noticed they were selling the small packets of the Fighter Pods. I picked up a couple for the boys and gave them to […]
A couple of weeks ago, Benjamin and I some how got into a conversation about jobs and how food companies have tasters to ensure quality (yes, this is the level of conversation I have these days with Ben when we aren’t talking about Star Wars). So, he says to me, […]
Below is the second of three “letters” I wrote to Benjamin in the month after we found out Andrea was pregnant. December 9, 2004 Dear Little One, Well, after a whole lotta tests, we are fairly certain you are on your way, and we couldn’t be any happier or excited…or […]
Matthew entered our lives on a Friday, a day that began pretty normal. I dropped Ben off at daycare and then Andrea and I grabbed a healthy breakfast of bagels and donuts. Andrea was already scheduled for a C-section the following Tuesday even before we headed over to the doctors […]
Going through some old writing, I found three “letters” I had written right around the time we found out that Ben was on his way. Below is the first one from the night we found out that Andrea might be pregnant. You probably need to read this post to make […]
It seems like a mere week ago that it was just Andrea, our bulldog and myself sitting in a little house. I would spend time on the computer researching new daddy things like the best car seats and cribs and what diapers are best. It seems like just a few […]
