He shall henceforth be known as Crawliver 22 Aug 2013 | 02:28 am

That time I just turned 30. 14 Aug 2013 | 07:34 am

I'm 30. The best selfie ever, on my 30th birthday. I like it because the blown out windows behind me make me look skinny. Last Thursday night, in my final hours of being 29, I started to panic a lit...

Our first foray into organized sports, and I tried to fight only three people 8 Aug 2013 | 11:44 pm

Baseball camp. What can I say about Ethan's first baseball camp? We learned so much: keep your glove down, use two hands to catch, 5 year olds are fairly clueless. Valuable lessons all. Ethan had fun...

Wrapped in Love: how I became an idiot savant and what I'm doing about it 13 Jul 2013 | 06:26 am

In the past few months, several friends have asked me to help them learn how to sew. Most of them have machines but have no real idea how to use them. I've been there; a few years ago Noah bought me a...

The story of how my brother almost went to jail 12 Jul 2013 | 12:22 am

It all started several weeks ago, when he got into a car accident. Today was his court date, and leading up to it, he started to Freak the Crap Out, which is how he generally operates in new situation...

The redheads are always trouble 7 Jul 2013 | 07:21 am

Should I bump blogging up on the priority list again? I'm feeling like I might want to. I used to post every weekday! I'm so busy enjoying my kids, and I don't want to bore everybody with "hey, look h...

Civics and geometry 8 Jun 2013 | 12:10 am

"Do you know what kind of coin this is?" "Yep. It's a penny." "That's right. And do you know who the man is on the coin?" "No." "That's Abraham Lincoln. A long time ago he was president of the Uni...

Inexpert Backpedaling: a comedy of manners 3 Jun 2013 | 03:57 am

We've been working on manners with Ethan lately because for some reason he's been backsliding. What was once, "Mommy, can I have some juice?" devolved to, "Mommy get me juice." When it should really b...

Updates: Words, Photos, Videos. A multimediapallooza 30 May 2013 | 05:00 am

Several of you have asked to see photos of Ethan and Oliver together, so I aim to oblige. However, they are frequently featured on my Instagram feed, which you can follow HERE. Oliver has been jumpin...

Too soon 8 May 2013 | 06:00 am

As I'm putting Ollie to bed, I can hear the animated rise and fall of Ethan's voice. I go out to get some water and find Ethan and his daddy sitting at the table, Ethan eating a snack before bed. "Wh...