We took the girls to the very family-friendly Pride Parade downtown last weekend. We simply explained that it was an event that promoted the importance of accepting people as they are and treating everyone with equality. We left it at that, agreeing to handle any additional questions as they came up. Ava’s only inquiry? “Why [...]
Archive for April, 2009
26 Apr
Shoe shopping
It’s been a hectic few weeks (months) at our house, and a few (many) things have slipped by the wayside. One of them is appropriate footwear for the girls. Ava has a number of shoes, but her preschool teacher has some very specific guidelines about what’s appropriate (no laces, no flip-flops, nothing that remotely hard [...]
25 Apr
Overheard: Third baby debate
Bry: We could adopt… Bec: I hadn’t considered that. Bry: Yeah, we could adopt a 14 year old so we have a built in babysitter for the other two. Bec: I think that’s indentured servitude. Bry: No, think about it–it’s perfect. There must be so many teenagers in need of good homes. Bec: Yeah, no.
22 Apr
Blog business – New URL
You may have noticed that when you visit this blog, the URL automatically changes to www.smithfamilyweblog.com. This is thanks entirely to Josh, who knew that we wanted to move to a non-Wordpress designation. When I started this quest several months ago, I searched for a number of combinations, finding that most anything with “Smith,” “family” [...]
21 Apr
Chocolate Stout Cake
Every once in a while, I come across a recipe that just works perfectly the very first time. This chocolate stout cake recipe from Bon Appétit was wonderful—start to finish. Of course, luck had quite a bit to do with it. Thankfully, I didn’t have the 8″ pans the recipe called for, so I used [...]
20 Apr
Down on the farm
Believe it or not, there’s a 12 acre farm in the middle of Kansas City—and it’s amazing. Katie’s here visiting this weekend, and the three of us took the girls to check out the livestock and other country attractions. By the way—3:2 is the perfect adult:child ratio for an outing like this . . . [...]
17 Apr
Kitchen bouquet
Thanks to Grandma Smith, who was willing to keep my children busy for a couple of hours last weekend, I found a bit of time to use the new cupcake pans and tree my mom gave me for my birthday. As I noted over on the THOH, Laura’s photos more than do them justice.
