A few months ago, Elizabeth seemed to be taking an interest in sight words. She wanted to participate when Matthew and I looked through his ...

A few things to do today. 1. Clean up Mommy's chalk graffiti on the back deck using water on brushes and spray bottles. 2. Water the...

It has become tradition in our family to start a container garden every spring. We usually start planting later in April but it has been uns...

He walks on over to the iPod stereo and pushes the "on" button. The radio station is preset to one of the local ones with few comm...

Grover is one of my favorite characters on Sesame Street. (I actually like him more than Elmo.) If you grew up watching Sesame Street, you...

Dried beans are proving to be quite a versatile toy at our house, especially since Elizabeth doesn't mouth toys anymore. In addition to ...

Bill and I cringe everytime we look at the incisions and stitches but so far, it hasn't been enough to bring on a fainting spell. It jus...

Some days we just have to sit back and try to relax. Let someone else take control and steer us in a direction, within reason, that we might...

After a few minutes of wrestling and rough-housing on our bed with Daddy, Matthew is suddenly more verbal than usual. I think it's an ef...

Bubbles have fascinated Matthew since he was about 9 months old. It wasn't until he was 2-1/2 years old when he could blow bubbles on hi...