When I was little, we didn't believe in Santa Claus. My parents were pretty candid with us from the beginning that they bought us the presents, they filled the stockings, and they were the ones watching us for good behavior. I was also raised in a very religious household (born on the mission … [Read more...]
Playground Love.
I was reading Shawn's post earlier, and it made me think about the best present I've ever gotten from a man. I immediately zeroed in on one memory. It was winter 1998, and the gift was so wonderful that to this day I remember opening the wrapping paper and seeing the box inside.I was a … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving.
Eight hours in the car in DC traffic. Seven hours scouring deals on Black Friday. Six pounds gained. Five helpings of apple pie. Four best friends visited. Three full discs of saved photos. Two full meals with two sets of grandparents. One incredible Thanksgiving.I am grateful every day of my life … [Read more...]
Behind the Curtain.
It's 10:42 at night, and I just got back from a tooth fairy outing. Jason finally relieved Eli of the front incisor that's been bothering him for weeks. I guess it was so quick and painless that Elias didn't even realize it'd been pulled out. Good riddance. Seriously, that TOOTH. It was the bane of … [Read more...]
Master of Disaster.
Everyone has some Room of Shame in their house, right? Like; the one place that's virtually never clean or guest-safe, where all random oddities go to die or be forgotten. It's that place you shove everything. It's some quarantined off, doored area, preferably dark and out of the way. In our … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday One Day Late.
Help a Mother Out.
This morning I woke up to the kids giggling. Usually, that level of delight involves an equal level of mess; like when I woke up and they were making their own watercolors, or trying to duplicate a wind tunnel with a fan (oh, I'm serious). So I peeked around my door-- almost not wanting to know-- … [Read more...]
Bionic Boy
Two months, one surgery, and a few metal pins later, my son was able to take his first bath tonight sans-cast. He very gently lowered his bare arm into the water, testing; afraid his bones would break again in contact with something other than air. His face lit up at the warmth, and he grinned, … [Read more...]
The Santa Sheet: Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Of all the questions I field from other parents, the majority of them are about video game recommendations for their kids. Video games are a hard thing. You want it to be action-filled without being violent, and challenging without being frustrating. You want it to be current, but you don't want to … [Read more...]
Font Friday: CSS Style!
Today we're going to be covering typography as it relates to CSS. For those of you who aren't web geeks, CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet, and it's a language responsible for how web pages are displayed. When you load a page, an external CSS file is pulled, and that file tells the site which … [Read more...]