If you’ve been around here for very long, you know I read Mockingjay to pass my labor with Emma. And then I may have cried while watching both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire on the big (and small) screens. (Okay, so yes, I cried.) So when I got the opportunity to go on the Hunger Games Unofficial Fan Tours…
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Deck the Halls
There’s something about the holiday season that just makes me happy. It’s weird. It’s like I can smell the cheer and good will in the air or something. Since the turkey has been properly respected, we dragged out our decorations yesterday and hunted down the perfect tree from the garden center at Lowe’s and trimmed…
Kidographer
Joshua has a Fisher-Price camera. It was a gift for his 2nd birthday or maybe 3rd Christmas. I can’t remember. We’ve had it for at least two years though. In the great dining room conversion, we unearthed said camera and it occurred to me that I’ve never dumped photos off of it before. So I…
In Defense Of Selfies
I’ve kind of been kicking this blog post around in my head for a while, and since I have a minute it’s time to just throw this out to the universe and see where it sticks. Some people will roll their eyes, I’m sure, but some will probably nod along and get where I’m coming…
Mario and Minnie Mouse Take The Neighborhood
In an 10th hour feat of parental awesome–because 11th hour would’ve meant I bought these costumes today instead of yesterday afternoon…like last year–costumes were acquired and all was right with the world. It was a Halloween miracle. Emma and I crashed Joshua’s school party this morning because that’s one of the perks of this thing…