Eight Years ago Today

Eight years ago, on September 11, 2001, I woke up in my grandparent’s fifth-wheeler, and listened to the campground around me stirring to life. My grandparents and I were on our last day at the Estes Park, CO campground, where we had attended the Long’s...

Max.Cosby & Gwen: Laughter

Cosby, the almost-four-year old (left) is a ham, and exactly what I imagine his father was at C’s age. Max, the oldest at five, reminds me or Archie in Eight Cousins, or maybe Mac, very serious and full of (deep) questions. Baby G, 14 mo., is wholly adorable and...

BookReview: Emma & Knightley

Emma & Knightly: Perfect Happines in Highbury by Rachel Billington I picked this up at our local library on a whim. I was dealing with fussy children and a library that had the A/C out, so I was desperately grabbing anything that caught my eye, and I figured if it...

My children, the comedy routine

Today, B (4) and E (20 mo.) were make-believing they were the Kings and Queens of Narnia. It was all nice and Lewis-esque until B broke into the WonderPets song: “There’s an animal in trouble… WonderPets! WonderPets! We’re ON OUR WAY!”...