Halloween 2009
Logan on parade at school - "celestial sourceress".

Anyone See Mike in This?
People say all the time how Finn looks like his Daddy. I don't think I've ever seen it as much as in this picture from Finn's Blackberry Farms field trip. It's unbelievable!

Time Flies....
Sadly, much has been missed during this last one-month blogging hiatus. I'm glad to report that, from a working standpoint, things are very busy. I actually have my first "on newsstand" article out this month - although it's still a local magazine, but you have to PAY for it. If you're interested and in Chicago, pick up the latest issue of West Suburban Living magazine. If you're more interested in the details of us Anderson's, read on...Here are the October blog posts that will never be...."Malfunction Junction" - in a matter of two months, everything is breaking around here. My watch, my sunglasses, our coffee maker, our DVD player (thank you Finn), our first

Routine
I had reason to write out our weekly schedule yesterday and it's so ridiculous that all I can do is laugh. I'm publishing it out here with hopes that someday I'll be laughing for an entirely different reason - possibly because I will then think it's taxing to write for few hours, garden a bit and then go visit my grandkids. So this is Fall 2009MondaysLogan school 8:30 to 3:30Molly gym 9:30 to 10:30Riley school 12:30 to 3:30Finn school 12:30 to 3:00Molly work 1 to 3Molly work late / Lauren babysit 4 to 7TuesdaysLogan book club 7:25 to 8:25Logan school 8:30 to 3:30Molly gym 9:30 to 10:30Riley scho

Believing
Last night while waiting for Riley at gymnastics, Logan came up to me and asked me to pull her tooth out, said it was twisted all the way around and she couldn't get it. So I did - right then and there.You see, for every single tooth that Logan has lost, other than the first, this has been the game plan. She doesn't like to pull the trigger on that final pluck, so I get in there and do it for her. It all started because they would get so loose and literally be blowing around her mouth with each breath. I was too scared to let her go to sleep for fear she'd choke.I think the mom next to me at the gym was horrified, but it works for us.I was glad to have he