2 adults + 3 kids + a baby in a pack and play = time to upgrade from the 4 man tent.  It was like moving from our Twin Creek apartment (as tiny as they come)  into our spacious 2 bdrm in Philly.  It sure was nice to spread out a little.   * also…

I can't believe we've lived here 5 years without making it out to Lark Toys – a specialty toy store with a beautiful hand-carved carousel, a toy museum, and mini-golf… what's not to love?   We ended up making a day out of it… window shopping (of course Emma and Carter bought little rubber ducks…

even "big" kids need a nap now and then.  

you visit a toy museum and find that you owned/played with/wanted most of the toys in an entire section.  

With the big kids headed back to school on the bus in a few weeks, I decided it was time to make good on my promise to Carter that he could ride on a city bus this summer.  And despite the fact that he looks a little concerned in both of the pictures (he was…

Just because it's backyard baseball doesn't mean it's not serious business…

chocolate for breakfast (yep, bowls of m&ms) lunch out with the kids – everyone happy, and lots of compliments from strangers about what lovely, well-behaved kids I had (this alone would have made my day!) a 45 minute phone call with a sweet friend from far away (could have talked longer if I hadn't lost…

you don't see a catcher in a dress like this very often… and this little guy adores this little girl… and chocolate zucchini cupcakes make as good a goatee as the less-healthy version… and because you can't possibly have too many pictures of a baby in your family history.  right?!  (miss Meg is 4 1/2 mo.…

  I went outside the other day to find the kids hammering a stake into the ground… and had it explained to me that they were digging a well.  For what, you might ask, since we already have running water?  Their plan was to get cups of water from the well (they were making sure…

It was a big day for both of these guys.   Emma's team was the "dream team" at the Honkers game… they got cool hats, got to hang out in the dugout with the team before the game, get announced on the field, and join the players for the national anthem.  She loved it.  …