Author: Aimee

Swimming With No Sunscreen Required

Cap and I took Lily and Declan to an indoor water park today. Holy crap, was that fun. I said to Cap, "...and why don't we do this every weekend?"Declan was a bit intimidated at first, but I finally got him to go down the…

End of Cake Season

Until Mexico, of course.I threw away the last of my birthday cake from last week. I am done. I am flabby. A week of decadence is enough to last me for a long time (until Mexico). I promise to eat well and exercise (until Mexico).…

And so it starts…

We were at Chick Fil-A (the best place in the whole wide world, regardless of their religious zest) the other day and went into the play area and there were three boys chasing each other around the gym. Declan was ahead of them on the…

Just Say No

We were approached a few weeks ago to do a web site revamp on an existing Abstinence Only program (i.e., the "Just Say No" of sex education). As if you couldn't guess, we believe abstinence is a very narrow view. Sure, teach abstinence as part…

Working Hard

I've said it once, I'll say it a million times - my husband is a saint.He's in Maryland right now, at my mom's house, cleaning up about 40 years of stuff she has accumulated in the basement. Mom took his advice and got a dumpster,…

I know I am yet again stepping into Jinxhood…

But the kid has been getting himself up to pee for a few days in a row, and I feel like celebrating! For a while there, we were getting up and changing his bedding about every other night, or even every single night, from him…

How much bad luck can one family have?

Remember Rob, my Multimedia Director, who has been out since March 1st with pancreatitis? He is sitting in the hospital recovering from a major surgery that will hopefully be the last one and put him on the final road to recovery. But last night his…