As you may recall, I have an almost-full-time job outside of the home (let’s not bring Hillary Rosen and Ann Romney into this, OK?). That means, I’m at work from roughly 9-5 Monday through Thursday and I’m off Fridays. I’ve been on this current schedule for about a year or so (slowly working my way…
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Exploring the New Fantasyland
After the weather people lied to us on Saturday and promised a complete rain-out (it didn’t rain until Saturday night), we decided to ignore their warnings for Sunday and head to Magic Kingdom for a bit. By the way, that’s called foreshadowing, my friends. We strolled through the front gates of Magic Kingdom at 9:15…
Just One of Those Days
This morning was one of those mornings. You know you’ve had them. Here’s a quick recap: 7:15 — I wake up and groan. I was hoping that it was about 5:30 a.m. still. I’m too tired to think about getting up yet, but I know we need to get going. I’ll just close my eyes…
Chimpanzee: My Monkey Meets the Monkeys
Since almost the day she was born, E. has had one nickname in our family — Monkey. She was one of those very clingy babies. If she wasn’t in my arms, she wasn’t happy. From day 1, she always reminded me of the monkeys we saw in Costa Rica who hung to their mommies’ necks…
Are We Overscheduled Already?
It all started innocently enough. Last summer, E. was prancing around the house all the time on her tippy toes and kept saying she wanted to be a ballerina. You all even helped talk me into my decision to sign her up for dance lessons. And it was love at first jeté. Since August, we’ve…