GIRL!!!  We are all thrilled…except little Miss Annie.  Perhaps I should have omitted all from the previous sentence.  She has informed me she ONLY wants 3 brothers.   Oops, we’ll blame that one on Will.  And Will’s caught on a technicality. I’m not going to explain that one to the kids.  Let the planning and [...]

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Hudson and Annie have been going steady with piano lessons since mid-summer. I’ll get what I can take. Either way, Hudson has enjoyed attempts at composing his own songs and learning little [...]

The kids had their first day of school.  Hudson headed off to Kindergarten and Annie went to preschool.  Since the before school pictures were less than jolly, I figured a few during and after shots would make up for those sad little faces previously. Truth be told, once I actually got them to school everything [...]

Some of you might be laboring under the delusion that our house runs perfectly.  Rest assured we get plenty of bumps and bruises.  Let me ease your mind and assure you that our experience with the first day of school can best be described as comical.  I should have anticipated Annie wanting to brush her [...]

I finally found room to get Hudson into swim lessons and he has thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it.  I had kind of put lesson off for awhile.  I wanted him showing interest so they would be enjoyable and I wouldn’t feel like I was wasting money.  This happens all too often with me.  Either [...]