So during Olivia's bath tonight, she successfully doused the Daddy's pants with buckets-full of water. After several minutes, he realized his black leather wallet was in the pocket which was most wet. So he responsibly took it out and wiped it dry on the belly of my...

They wouldn't have taken away Jack Bauer's sword....

It's not a normal dozen. It's not a baker's dozen. It's a Zapf dozen. Yep. I made blueberry muffins from scratch. Followed the recipe religiously*. Whereas the recipe said the yield would be a full dozen (that's 12), mine was a Zapf dozen (10).*Reading this online...

I made this for dinner tonight - to the delight of ALL... well, Olivia was distracted all through dinner... found out later she had really needed a diaper change, so her opinion doesn't count. This was my first attempt at pasta where the sauce didn't come out of a jar...

My very own Joshua Jeremy.I HAVE to tell you what Josh did for ME for V-Day. 🙂 I have the best husband ever. He listens and cares and loves me SO MUCH!Recently (for the past 6 months) I've been telling him my love language is gifts. Problem: We're broke. So I...

So I was checking my email/reading some blogs today and I noticed that Olivia was being very quiet. Too quiet. Hmmm... Is she dropping things in the toilet? Dragging our dirty laundry all over the apartment? Has she figured out a way to get the turtle out of his...

So you know that our Valentine's Day started out with the wonderful opportunity to sleep in, followed by some delicious blueberry pancakes. Then we took Josh to school and Olivia and I had to hustle to get everything ready for when he came back home.We headed to...

I'm losing my baby girl.I always knew she was her Daddy's girl. They have a special bond I could never duplicate. She sees me all day; I'm old news. I'm big and immobile; the Daddy can get down on his hands and knees and play. I do most the disciplining since I'm with...

After the first snow storm, we had to wait a week or so until the weather finally warmed up (above 20 degrees) enough to see what Olivia thought of the snow. I already had a sneaking suspicion that she wouldn't like it. The first day it snowed, she would cry at the...

Due to the recent blizzard:Josh didn't have to catch the 6:48 bus this morning and we were able to sleep in until *gasp* 8:30 because Olivia didn't get up until *gasp* 9:00!!So what did we do with our free morning of no class? Josh made blueberry pancakes! And Olivia...