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Memory Lane

I am ALMOST finished Harry Potter (no worries, no spoilers!), so I really have nothing interesting to say since my head is filled with wizards and witches. But I thought it would be fun to pull some of my favorite posts from back in the…

Best Day With The Kid Ever

While Bryan was off hauling dirt with Jeff yesterday, I decided it was high time to incorporate fun time for Mama with fun time for Declan. So I took Declan to the Denver Botanic Gardens for my annual flower photo shoot and handed him our…

Maryland: Day Two

On our second day in Maryland, we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (with surprisingly little traffic snafus, given the holiday weekend) to visit Aunt Kitty and Uncle Bill on the Eastern Shore. And since every visit to Aunt Kitty and Uncle Bill must include a…

Maryland: Day One

Declan and I headed out to the airport at the butt-crack of dawn Saturday morning, only to come to a screeching halt at the security line. (Oh yeah. Duh. It's Memorial Day weekend.) But this most have been the mother of all Memorial Days, because…

Metaphysics with a 4 Year Old

This morning at breakfast, we were humming along to John Mayer's "Waiting On The World To Change" - seeing as Declan is quickly acquiring my taste in music (much to the chagrin of his father).I was singing the words and Declan suddenly said, "What if…

One plan that didn’t go awry…

It's my mom's last night in town and we met up with Jeff and Danielle for yummy, delicious and very fatful German food at Café Berlin this evening. Since Denver has continued it's Friday streak and received about more 8 inches of snow today, I…

Healthy Unhappiness

When I was pregnant, I enhaled every parenting book possible. Jeff got me one that summed up all the current philosphies and strategies and it definitely had some interesting stuff in it. But one little diagram stood out for me as a major "a-ha!" moment,…