As reported earlier, Meredith is ready for summer. She asks regularly how long it will be 'til summer, and it's hard to explain how spring teases you and summer is still a long time away in 4 year old weeks. So to try to give her hope, I go to...

Madeline Jane was 11 months old this week. She also had at least 2 different illnesses this week, with a distinct possibility of 3. My baby is sick. Praise God, not sick in a life threatening way. But my baby is sick. A lot. And the doctor says that's...

Meredith is pretty excited about going to Peabody Elementary. It's in the Cooper Young neighborhood, and since we're in the Snowden district, we (by we I mean Chris) are going to have to stand in line at the crack of dawn on April 6th (Chris' birthday)...

I just appreciate the random nature of these, and wonder what brought her to these statements: Mer: "Hey Mom, did you know that in England in the 40's and 50's, they used to have Christmas every day?" Wow. No I did not. And what informational planets...

It's not official 'til the 20th. And we've been around long enough to know that there are still lots of cold, gloomy days to come. But at least we're getting some spring sprinkled here and there. The cherry tree on the corner of Avalon and Poplar that...