Remind me again why we're moving? Oh right, higher standard of living for less money and the chance to be near my family. That's goo...

So there's big news in Casa de Bennett, Internets -- we're moving to Texas! Bjorn got a new job down in Dallas, my hometown, and h...

I hit a new personal record this week -- we had four trips to the pediatrician. Of course, tomorrow is Saturday so we still have one more da...

Doesn't that look like fun? We had our first real bout of croup this weekend that turned into steroids and nebulizer treatments today, ...

So both kids are in the middle of some weird regressions. Meg has discovered waking up at night is fun! I suspect she's 1) teething 2) h...

With all my need to tell the story of getting the baby locked in the car, I forgot to mention we still went to beach and had a grand old tim...

Oh Craigslist, how I love you so. Seriously. I love this free service. So I wanted a toddler bed for Meg. I went on Craigslist, did some tro...

I got gas yesterday evening and didn't lock anyone in the car. Go me! I even remembered roll down a window and not hand her the keys wit...

A neighbor kindly invited us on Friday to her beach house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It's about an hour and 15 minutes away, not ...

Despite my obviously charmed marriage, I have lots of crushes, usually on random celebrity types, i.e. people I will never, ever meet so the...

Tina Fey = Awesome . Edited to say damn NBC went and yanked this off YouTube. Try this instead.

Lots of exciting things going on around here. A list seems appropriate. 1) Mark got a job. And there was great rejoicing. 2) Jennifer is ...

Andy lost his first tooth this morning, naturally right after I left for work. He woke up and talked to Bjorn for a minute, announced his to...

Meg loves this slide that was donated "freecycle" from a neighbor a couple of years ago when her girls outgrew it. She and Andy we...

Tomorrow is Easter. We have plastic eggs to stuff with candy and a few lottery tickets for the big kids. We even left out some strawberries ...

Aw, sleeping baby. Adorable, right? Young Margaret actually has it out for me (and herself) these days. We've been having several power ...

Young Margaret has figured out how to get out of her bed. I am not pleased by this development. Naturally I only want change in my children ...

Andy's going to need glasses. Not too much of a surprise really considering Bjorn's got a pretty serious prescription. On his four y...

There has been a lot said about health insurance reform. Certainly the politicians went on and on and on about it. And certainly everyone in...

Young Margaret probably only has hours left before she moves up to a toddler bed. Hours. I had planned to keep her in her crib until the sum...