I tried a couple of new Easter egg tricks this year, courtesy of Pinterest. The first was an Alton Brown recipe that suggested baking eggs directly on the oven racks for 30 minutes at 325 degrees. This worked very well, at least for for the first 25 minutes—after that, the eggs began to explode. I can’t decide [...]
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5 Apr
The night Bryan ruined Christmas
This title is, of course, totally unfair, but let me explain… Recently, Ava has expressed that she “just feels seven,” as if the impact of this new number has suddenly hit home. When I visit her room at 7 am, I find the door closed, with holiday-themed “Elves at Work” do not disturb sign hanging [...]
2 Apr
Ava’s new accessories
My parents made me wait an agonizingly long time to have my ears pierced—nine years, to be exact. (Dad took me to Dr. Knosp’s office the morning of my ninth birthday, and then proceeded to pass out during the actual piercing.) I always said that I wouldn’t put an arbitrary age limit on this rite of passage [...]
26 Mar
Ava Turns Seven
On Saturday, we celebrated Ava’s seventh birthday with a county-western party for family and friends. We had hats and bandannas awaiting their cowgirls… …and a cowgirl awaiting her guests: We set up the kids’ table outside, thanks to gorgeous weather that brought early spring blooms. The “Sweets Saloon” included s’mores pops and number cookies. I [...]
18 Mar
It’s 5 o’clock somewhere…
…and the second shift is just beginning. For the most part, running a two-working-parent household works pretty darn well for us. Granted, the kids are young and relatively uninvolved in extracurriculars, but for now, most weeks go by pretty smoothly. If there are problems, they seem to revolve around differing priorities. For example, as I [...]
14 Mar
Ava’s first music program
This year has brought many firsts, and I have to admit, I’m starting to feel like a bit of a pro at this elementary school business. Good thing, because there’s about 12 years of it still ahead of us. I will say, though, our first music program brought a few additional lessons, including “Get there [...]
4 Mar
Spending Sunday on the Brooklyn Side
We took the girls bowling for the first time this afternoon. Thanks to gutter bumpers and a ball guide, they nearly out bowled me.
2 Mar
Ava Fix
Today is “Crazy Sock Day” at school in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Bryan (who woke us up by blaring Rebecca Black’s “Friday”) made the girls green eggs to celebrate.
23 Feb
Red letter day
As I walked past the calendar earlier this week, I noticed someone had added an item for next Monday… Ava’s classroom earned their “Happy People” award, which I believe entails adding something to a jar every time a class member does…something happy? I need to figure out the details, but the bottom line is that [...]
