Yesterday afternoon, one of our visitors announced her intention of getting all the makings for s'mores and Cubby said, "What's...

Do you remember in The Secret Garden  when Mary goes exploring in the enormous old house and goes through whole wings of rooms that are clos...

Several months before any birthdays in this house, the MiL--our resident cake master --starts asking what kind of cake the birthday person m...

This morning at 6:06 when the older boys came pounding down the stairs, already screaming and fighting over something. . . Me: Good mor...

For some months now, Cubby has had two often-repeated desires: To run in a race, and to be in a play. He did both yesterday, and they were j...

My favorite kind of fruit is the kind I don't have to grow. Fruit is a pain in the ass, man. It needs so much water, often a lot of spac...

After three straight days of activities for children--swimming in the village, soccer, and a play yesterday--this abnormally introverted mot...