Author: Aimee

I think I have mentioned the shock and awe we felt when we looked at Declan's school calendar, right? Or more precisely, "Holy SHIT, school is closed a SHITLOAD of days." We began to understand why parents the world over are constantly scrambling to have…

Everyone knows we love to play board games. (Having the time to actually play them is another story, of course). And up until tonight, games for Declan meant his own weird rules and never, ever, ever managing to finish.But tonight we had a breakthrough. He…

Declan had his very first homework assigment last week. It was to trace simple shapes on an activity sheet, so I think he'll be able to handle the pressure of preschool academics. He'll get homework every Thursday night... and every month, we'll be assigned a…

The cooldown has started. I am shutting windows and wearing socks to bed.Let's all send up a universal prayer that we get to Water World at least one more time. Not that Declan gives a shit.*I* would be highly disappointed.What happened to summer?

Here is a conversation that happened at my gym yesterday:Another girl working out: "Do you know of any fun places to have birthday parties for little kids?"Owner of the gym: "Well, there is Gymboree."Aimee (walking into the conversation): "Oh, yeah - that's great - we…

I just got a ton of roses off our 3 plants in the backyard. They make for a lovely tablesetting, don't you think? The deep red are Ingrid Bergman and the pink/cream ones are Lady Diana. I love how well they both grow without me…