Milly Dotsey and the Boy Who Lived

Milly Dotsey and the Boy Who Lived

I started reading Harry Potter books to Milly when she was in Kindergarten, going on five years ago now. I remember the first few nights of reading it, snuggled up in my bed in the townhome-style apartment we lived in for a year. It wasn’t very long at all, I think the second night I read […]

Mall Babies

Mall Babies

Phoenix is the one in the foreground in this picture, but Fawkes is in the background. First of all, I would like to give a shout out to someone who seems to be a fan of the site. I got a text message from a friend who has been going through some tough times, and […]

Saying Farewell to Elmo

Saying Farewell to Elmo

My mom called me yesterday morning with news that she had put Elmo down. Elmo had had some worrying lumps, which turned out to be pretty malignant cancer. Mom had thought about trying to put it off until after the holidays so everyone could spend some more time with her, but the vet told her […]

Thanksgiving 2018

Thanksgiving 2018

Thanksgiving break officially started, in my book, when I picked Milly up after school on Tuesday the 20th. Normally I get her Tuesdays and Wednesdays, though she goes back to her mom’s house in the evenings. Since she was out of school on Wednesday though, and Amanda wasn’t off work anyway, there was no point […]

Nine Months (and One Day) of Twinning

Nine Months (and One Day) of Twinning

I’m a little ashamed to say that we haven’t taken nine-month pictures on the couch in the boys’ room like we did the first six or seven months of their lives. (No, it’s not the first one we let get by us.) Maybe we’ll get on it tomorrow. Maybe. Probably not. So what’s new with […]