Andy is obsessed with the color green. He always has to have a green one of anything now - he needs a green spoon or fork (often forgoing on...

This summer we're really spending some time at the pool. Our neighborhood pool has one big pool with lanes and two small diving boards a...

Bjorn's out of town right now. He's flown to Kings Bay, Georgia, to the Naval Submarine Base where he's going to watch one of hi...

Good news, Andy did not have to go to time out yesterday for throwing rocks. Rather, his odd behavior of the day was taking off his shoes an...

Our house is in a great location - we're just a few houses and one main road away from the community pool. The walk takes less than five...

Andy has been getting in trouble at school this week. Yes, my sweet little boy - in trouble. Apparently he's discovered that it's fu...

It's been a busy few weeks. We've had lots of travel, lots of birthdays, (as well as Mother's and Father's days), a high sch...

Congratulations to Mark and the Robinson Secondary School graduating class of 2007.

It's official - Andy can open doorknobs. His days of quietly staying in his room until we come to get him are over, I'm afraid. He...

In response to my rant du jour on Sunday that got me links on awesome DC Blogs and Wonkette sites, I got a nice call at home from Elise ...

I had to fly to Charleston, S.C., for a meeting this weekend. It should have been no big deal, it's a short hour-long flight from Reagan...

Whoever said boys aren't drama queens hasn't been living in my house with my boys, especially with summer, graduation and the senio...

Good news - Andy seems to have mostly recovered from the stomach bug that was keeping him down Sunday and Monday. Bjorn and I also are recov...

So I sent a letter to my fave food store Chipotle a few weeks ago complaining that their new Flash 9 Web site is impossible to use if you do...

For a week in Dallas, I somehow managed to only take 20 pictures. How is that possible? I can usually take more than that in an evening when...

We have returned from our trip. It was relaxing, fun and great to reconnect, even with some folks from high school that generally always int...

Wow. It's been an action-packed week here in Texas and we're not done yet. Tuesday my mom and I flew out to Odessa to go visit famil...

We're here in Dallas. The flight was fine, the passengers were fine, the toddlers ears were fine. Our luggage even arrived lickety spli...

We're headed out of town tomorrow to see my family in Dallas and visit a cousin in Pecos. It will be nice to see everyone, fingers cross...

Well bust my buffers (as Thomas the Tank Engine would say), Pampers is coming out with size 7 diapers. It's about darn time. As you may ...