The topic of the weekend
Remember how I said there was this one kid in Declan's class who acts out all the time? The one who screams all day, is constantly rude to other kids... and is even worse to his parents (and I mean RUDE - like "I hate…
We caved in to the peer pressure.
We bought Declan some Crocs today. I know, I know! But at least they started as a Colorado company (even though they are now manufactured in... Canada - ???)... and the main point is they will be great water shoes in Mexico, right?Of course, Declan…
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
During Oliver's party last night, Declan had a little, um, accident and needed to borrow a pair of Sophia's pants.Which ones did he chose, you may ask? Not the jeans. Not the white shorts. But the bubblegum pink shorts that were so fricking tight on…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Top of the morn, um, I mean... evening to ya.I feel really ridiculous saying that, but I do have a little Irish in me, so I'm allowed. My dad's side of the family is Irish and English (...and as you know, my mom's side is…
Breathing Easy
In all the ruckus of last week (doing Rob's job and checking Rio every 5 minutes to make sure she was still breathing), I forgot to mention Declan had a asthma checkup. He was able to blow in their air-strength-checker thingee (I really don't think…
All in the Family
My mom told me last night that she had a dream over the weekend (before she knew Rio was going downhill fast) that she was talking to Klein Oma (my great-grandmother who passed away in the 80s)... Mom asked Klein Oma what she was doing…
Thanks so much.
We have had an absolute flood of email and voice messages about Rio. It really makes us feel great to have such supportive family and friends.We are doing OK today – but it sure is strange not to have that little fuzzball around.Declan finally noticed…