Family Tales: The Great Egg Incident
There he was, my dear husband, in the kitchen getting ready to reheat some leftovers. Suddenly, CRASH-BANG-BOOM!!! I lept from the couch to see if he needed some…
Family Tales: The Best Unsurprise
So, there I was, minding my own business, walking down a dark hall and out of the shades of a blackened room jumps a child (assisted by his Gran)…
Tiny Dancer
This past weekend we had “technical difficulties.” I put wee William to bed and flipped on the monitor. Unfortunately, someone behind us has also invested in the super-cool-video monitor…
4 Days in Peru (With a Kid): Day Two – Cusco
Day One: Lima Off to Cusco We were up early to catch a 9:25 am flight to Cusco. (A side note here is that we were able to…
4 Days in Peru (With a Kid): Day One – Lima
Arrival and Settling Peru is a direct six-hour and 35-minute flight from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston. My child, Will, was 18 months old at the…
Transformation Complete
You may recall a special day earlier this year when I posted a picture of the new office. Well, it seems we were not quite finished. After Christmas…
Thanksgiving
We had a great Thanksgiving. Lots of good food and company. We also had a special appearance by Cpt. Thanksgiving (and, later, from his nemisis, Cpt. Cranky-pants). The…
If I Smoked, Children’s Programming Would be more Interesting
“You were about to make a bugle bunny appear out of your musical magical horn!” My geez! The people who write children’s programming have to sit around and…
Ike got my baby hooked on Coke
Damn you infernal act of God! The poor baby is an addict. We got a little lax without the power and now the baby is on Coke. If…