presents make the day go better
yesterday my middle boy came home from school and said, "i have something in my bag for you" immediately my mind went to the place of note from the teacher, but it turned out to be something much more pleasant. fellow school mom, blog peruser, and scrapbooker Elizabeth, had sent this little bundle of loveliness. (brads in cut

BC is so weird
where else would it be furiously flurrying in the PM (my kids were screaming "snow day!" so loud and for so long it all melted) and then be sunny, trench and flats weather the next morning. oh well, that's my kind of climate -- the beauty of the snow without the scraping it off the car to get out the next day.

a laugh for jen

we grow techies at our house
that's what they do: building, fixing, upgrading, gaming. (ok, it's D but the boys shadow him like it's a constant bring your son to work day) having to haul two generations off the computers (networked together so they can battle empires) in time for dinner. yeah, it's delightful ;) but they all

it's all good
ok, my writing is going even sloooowwweeerrr but i'm having a fun few days at home with the boys who are enjoying a remembrance day long weekend. today was a series of monopoly games and reading (enjoying the newest vogue and a stack of books i keep switch-hitting between) we made more of our favorite homemade pizza pops