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Thinking of Daddy

Things have been swamped at work and Bryan is up against a big deadline at the end of the month. So he has been working evenings all week and headed back into the office today. Declan didn't want him to miss the lovely weather we're…

Is that Gregorian or Julian?

Declan must be learning about the calendars at school because he is obsessed with them lately. He is constantly drawing different versions of them, as evidenced below.I am proud to say that, while we helped him with the spelling of most of the words -…

Friday Fun turned frightening.

I was goofing off today and reading celebrity gossip blogs. My first mistake. One of them talked about John Mayer's recent post to his blog discussing the web site My Heritage, which does analysis of your face from a photo and matches you up with…

The Miracle of Butternut Squash Soup

I made the most amazing dinner tonight! Can you tell I am proud of myself? And it was soooooo simple. (I'll give a buck to anyone but Bryan who can place that reference).I browned some flank steak in the fry pan, I steamed a ton…

Taking one for the team.

Bryan and I have never been particularly very fond of football. But tonight, as the Broncos play the Ravens, we knew that Bryan's father would have been parked in front of the TV. Carroll watched any and all football - but especially when Baltimore played…

Shhh! Don’t tell Smokey the Bear…

Declan's class recently took a trip to the fire station and Declan has since become OBSESSED with fire safety. He took their words very seriously, and looks for fire alarms in every building we venture into. Seriously, the kid spots them on the ceiling of…