Mind Flush

The sun came out this afternoon, and the combination of the afternoon sun and all the light reflected from the 2" of snow we got last n...

So, after completing the first lesson in the "big girl" Hooked on Phonics set earlier today, my daughter can officially read most ...

Liza wants to learn to read. Really, really wants to learn to read . We made Bingo cards out of the 25 most-used sight words , and she'...

The last few days Liza has been waking up around 5am and wanting to sleep with us, which is fine with me, but she totally hogs Jason's s...

Here's the official Circle of Sock Goodness, as of about 8am this morning. Shortly thereafter we shared a coffeecake that looked like ...

See that? That's the last pair of socks for this year, finished before 8pm on Christmas Eve. So now I have time to wrap the last two ...

Must knit. Only one more pair of socks to go by 12:00 Thursday morning. Whew.

This year I decided to bite the bullet and buy an offical Honeybaked Ham for Christmas dinner. We've had imposters in the past, and whil...

When I downloaded the photo of the Christmas lights from my phone, I also found this one, which I took while we were waiting in line for San...

We've gone out to dinner a couple times this week, and I made sure to drive home a different way each time so we could see different nei...

She was home from her last dance class for less than two hours before she decided that all of her toys were boring and the most fun thing in...

The only thing "it's beginning to look a lot like" around here is a Slurpee. Wintery mix sux.

My Christmas cards are home, Jason won't be home for dinner so I don't need to cook, and MY DAUGHTER IS TAKING A NAP FOR THE FIRST T...

Liza tends to shed clothes during the day, leaving a trail of discarded socks and other items behind her throughout the day. And half of the...

Okay, so if you're at all crafty you have probably heard about this, but it could stand to be repeated here because it WILL impact my bu...

Preparing for the big recital - note the official Ballet Bun and light makeup that (mostly) concealed where she and Penelope attempted to he...

I was busy wrapping Liza's Christmas presents, Liza and Jason were looking for an activity, and I had a tub of cookie dough that needed...

Yesterday we ventured down to the cultural center of the city to visit the winter fest at the Cleveland Botanical Garden . Long-time readers...

Liza's teacher had the parents come in to watch the last practice before the informal recital the girls are having on Sunday afternoon. ...

Pros: I managed to get her to sit on Santa's lap for the first time ever! Without screaming! And she told him what she wanted for Chr...