I have a giant 6'2" 17-year-old. How is this possible? We did our usual reading of the birth story, followed by opening presente...

We had the usual reading of the birth story this morning, then opening presents (this year--a nice 3-piece suit, button-down shirt, pair of ...

So much going on today! It's late so here are the highlights: birthday lunch with Ivy and my friend thrift store shopping for clothes w...

17,959 steps I have TWO TEENAGERS! I don't feel old enough or qualified enough to be taking care of teenagers. I don't feel like I ...

12,227 steps We celebrated Dio's birthday today with a group of his friends. (His birthday is in 3 more days.) Imagine a group of 9 ado...

13,890 steps Dio turned 12. He was so excited to get up early so we could open presents before school and do our ritual reading of the birt...

If you asked me, I wouldn't say that having 4 children is much more work than having 3...except my blogging frequency has decreased dram...

Ivy Ivy can do a perfect downward-facing dog. Kind of hard to see with a dress on...let's take it off. See? Not bad for less...

Happy birthday Dio! Birth story here , birth photos here , newborn photos here and here .  We had a very low-key celebration with home...

Dio turned 3 a few days ago. We just had his party today. working on it... 3 years old! He requested a dinosaur cake. I wasn...