"I Can Do It Myself"
And you know what, most of the time he can do it himself. Of course this freaks me out a wee bit. To me he will always be the little babe we brought home from the hospital who couldn’t hold hi...
Touching Lots o’ Trucks
We came. We saw. And, boy, did we touch! Touch-a-truck, what a fantastically well organized event by the Junior League! Everywhere you looked there were huge trucks of all shapes and sizes, wi...
My Little Parrot
It is really time to watch what I’m saying. Lately Sam has been asking lots of questions about how babies are made and how he came into the world. Jeesh, he is only 3 for crying out loud! ...
Boys Loose at the Children’s Museum!
My dear friend Debby was in town from Norfolk with her two young rambunctious boys, Collin and Chase. So I brought my young rambunctious boy, Sam, to meet up with them at the Children’s Museum...
A Day in Williamsburg, Colonial Style
I must confess to forgetting Williamsburg is there, a mere hour away. With that off my chest, it was Daddy Mac’s idea to head there for the afternoon yesterday, and it was a dang good one. I...
Bye Bye, Nap!
“All good things must comes to an end.” Whoever uttered those pearls of wisdom probably had a kid who had recently given up his/her nap — for good. Bye bye, Nap, it is so hard to...
Pirate Training — AARGH!
Yo ho ho and a sippy cup of apple juice! It’s fall and time to get serious about studies once again. With the Saminator’s ongoing pirate business/obsession, we decided it was high time f...
Back to Fool!
Today was Sam’s first day back at “fool,” better known to the modern world as preschool, a day I have dreamt of all summer long. I packed him up with an extra outfit, supplies for ...