Nov 1, 2008

Hilarious Halloween!

Ah, another Halloween has come and gone.  And Halloween is my favorite of all holidays — it’s lighthearted, it’s fun, it’s creative, and it involves lots and lots of chocolate...
Oct 21, 2008

Toys Arrest

Today we had some time after Sam’s flu shot and before going to a neat gymnastics class at CORE Academy in the West End.  Soooo we did some retail therapy by popping into Toys R Us by Regency M...
Oct 20, 2008

"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...
Oct 16, 2008

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...
Oct 8, 2008

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!  ...
Oct 2, 2008

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...
Sep 22, 2008

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...
Sep 19, 2008

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...
Sep 13, 2008

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...
Sep 8, 2008

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 ...