Today is Margaret's second birthday. It's hard to believe what started this small has now turned this (sorry for the lack of today...

"I need my own phone so I can listen to my Phineas and Ferb music wherever I go," Andy said. My mom gave Andy the Phineas and Fe...

We had Andy's birthday party yesterday and it all went swimmingly except that I forgot the matches. And in this day and age, no one smok...

It's amazing how 45 degrees can feel like 85 after a month of 20 degrees with 50 mile an hour winds. Today was nearly 50 and sunny so I ...

My computer is still broken. The latest word is that my hard drive is corrupt and I might need a new one. I am very displeased with my Acer....

So my computer imploded last week. I don't think I realized how much I used it both for this and other fun things like Facebook but als...

he kids were both off school last week. With the cold weather, we've been inside organizing a lot, like rearranging rooms for the kids, ...

The above picture is from last month. Meg climbed up to start attacking the gingerbread house/hovel the kids put together. The second is ...

Andy's now gone two nights without a Pull-up or an accident. He might get a pony for this. I have been going in before I go to bed walk ...

There is some controversy going on here in the Fairfax County. Due to budget a shortfall, they are considering going back to half-day kinder...

* Andy's gone nine days with a dry pull-up/underpants at night. Certainly a record. * I am bitter at Toys R Us in Fair Lakes. I returne...

I'm proud to report that Andy had seven straight days of waking up with a dry pull-up (including Christmas, which is sort of remarkable ...

Meg loves her baby dolls. I find it so fascinating that she's so into them. We certainly didn't have any laying around from when And...

I would like the record to reflect that I made homemade cookies this Christmas. The kids helped by making it more of a mess than it would h...

Wow, we must have been good this year because the Jul Tompte and Santa were both very good to us all. The kids all have more toys than th...

Meanwhile, I would like to personally commend the Washington Post delivery folks. Despite blinding snow on Saturday, two feet on the ground...

It turns out three straight days in the house with no where to go and no one to look at except ourselves is the limit. On Saturday, we we...

Today was day three of the worst winter storm in Washington ever TM. It's and really been remarkable. The plows hit the main road, Commo...

As you have probably heard, the East Coast got a serious snow storm this weekend. They keep throwing things around like "storm of the c...

Andy's school had a field trip to Sesame Street Live at the Patriot Center. His teachers sent something home asking for the $10 for his ...