The gang I love
Today, thanks to the superb punctuality and workmanship of DMR Handyman Service, we have a brand new set of vinyl front-porch railing, to replace the crummy, unsealed wood junk that the builders used when they constructed our house. Ron, the founder and main go-to guy for DMR, did a great …
Errands. One of the errands hanging about was a state inspection for our van, so I went to take care of that today after taking off work early. Seems a lot of people are off for Good Friday, but not me. In any case, I found that our service station …
When Evie and Ethan were born we entered into the several-week period known as the Zone of No Sleep — for Mommy, since she was breast-feeding. After that, we too had to teach our children to sleep on their own. Parenthetical to counter the inevitable cries of “Where were you, …
Hey Bastien, I bought one of these for my wife, so it wouldn’t be fair to guess here, I suppose. But you’ll be happy you have one, once you get hot oil involved. *snicker*
Tonight we’re having a birthday party for Evie, and we finally got smart and set it up at a restaurant instead of having the house overrun with munchkins. Here’s a picture of the beautiful birthday girl! I can’t believe she’s going to be five already. It’s just unthinkable.
Eleya and I bundled the kids up early this evening to head out to a St. Patrick’s Day party hosted by some friends in town, and we all had a super-fantastic time. There was a babysitter on the premises (in the basement) to watch over the little ones while the …
Despite her illness, Evie is back to shutterbugging tonight, and as usual her brother was her main Muse. “Stand over there.” “Now put your hand up like this.” We weren’t sure whether we should be pleased about bringing up the next Annie Leibowitz or worried about her creating a toddler-set …
Both the kids are down with double ear infections, as diagnosed by the doctor today… He prescribed them a different kind of 3-day regimen antibiotic, so hopefully they’ll feel some relief shortly, especially my poor little Evie who was complaining about her earache this morning. (Ethan doesn’t really ever complain …
At bedtime, after medicine for her persistent cough: “Good night, honey bunny.” “And daddy?” Conjunctions are all the rage with the preschool crowd. Life to them is one long run-on sentence, with no punctuation in sight. “What, sweetie?” “Maybe tomorrow my strength will return. But tonight it has failed.”