A friend of mine said that with two kids you play man-to-man defense, but the third kid means you move to a zone. Today I went to the doctor and had my IUD taken out. This means we are officially…

Yesterday we had Zoe’s Rainbow Birthday Party. She turns 3 tomorrow. The day and the party went fantastically! There were lots of Rainbow decorations and foods. And Happy Birthday was sung! And a tall Rainbow cake was eaten! And mustaches…

Over the past year I have been researching all of the dollhouses out there. I knew Zoe would love to play with one, and I wanted to make sure it was something that would last for a long time. I…

The best part about this Christmas has to have been Zoe’s complete and unadulterated love for all things Santa Claus. When she saw Santa anywhere she wanted to talk. When we went to visit him and sit on his lap…

Thanksgiving was spent at my brothers, and I made the usual pies (pecan, pumpkin, apple). I also took my new traditional balsamic-bacon glazed brussel sprouts, which is a take on a Rachel Ray recipe I saw a few years ago.…

Before Halloween we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a blast! Charlie liked the playground. From Fall 2011 Zoe loved running through the orchard. From Fall…

I was not very good at updating my blog regarding events in 2011. I find that Facebook is readily accessible that I post pictures there rather than here, but then it is easy to lose track of what happened. I…