See the orange loveliness above?  Do you know what it is?  That is the cover for my new iPad2.  It arrived 6 days before the iPad and since it was magnetic I thought the refrigerator was the perfect spot for it. I’ve been using the old iPad for a year now and I love it. […]

I can’t believe I totally forgot to mention a huge event in Jill’s life.  Way back in October Jill tried out for the school play.  On the day the cast list was posted I drove Jill to school so she could check it before school started.  I don’t know who was more saddened that Jill’s […]

(Link) View more Fast Food Sound Clips and Quiznos Sub Sound Clips This is the sound Miss Hazel made, a lot, during our photo session.  (Minus the reference to Quiznos and anything toasty.) In fact, her mom Kristen says that this has been her favorite sound for the past few weeks.  Hazel is autistic and […]

Last week Kate lost her first tooth.  She has been waiting forever and suffering through all of the math problems that feature lost teeth.  ‘Let’s graph how many teeth each child has lost!’  Poor Kate was always in the zero column. All of that changed last Monday when Kate came home and pulled out her […]

Last week we were treated to Ellie’s recorder concert.  Every year the fourth graders at our school learn to play the recorder.  In order to encourage and motivate kids to learn their songs the music teacher has instituted a belt system.  Much like earning belts in karate, the kids earn belts, or ribbons, for each […]

It’s amazing how creative you become when you really want to ‘get that shot’!  Like I said in Monday’s post, the lighting was terrible when I took Kate’s birthday pictures.  You can tell by the size of her irises.  They are huge!  Kate really wanted me to take a picture of her lying on her […]