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This week Isaac has been off of school, and yet Ben has been at work. This is not a good combination, I find, and it bodes ill for the months of June, July and August. When I say "this week" … Continue reading →

Just to clarify… "asshole" is not a word we use in our family– unless you count words thought but not spoken while driving– and not one that Isaac has ever heard. He really was saying gas hole in complete and … Continue reading →

Isaac piped up from the back seat: "Why does this car have two assholes?"  He was examining his red race car lunch box, turning it over in his hands. I said, with a careful non-judgmental tone, "Um… Why do you … Continue reading →

Granted, I left a 4-year-old unattended with a pomegranate. Mea culpa on that one. But baby was crying. Isaac was happily eating the thing, and not for the first time. What I expected when I returned with baby in a … Continue reading →

I'm getting pretty infatuated with this baby. It may be his plumpness, the chubby rolls on his limbs. It may his male pattern baldness, with an especially monkish fringe around the back. It may be his ever expanding array of … Continue reading →

As a follow up to our recent dental spelunking in the eroded caves of Isaac’s teeth, we went to his regular dentist on Monday. There I told chapter and verse of what happened and, while “Dr. John” was very professional … Continue reading →

I'm going to rename this blog. The new title is: The Journal of Horrifying Medical Procedures Performed on Small Children. Here at the JHMPPSC office, we have no end of tales involving piercing screams of pain and fear coming from … Continue reading →

Elias is now nine days past his due date, and not surprisingly he is now acting a lot like a nine-day-old newborn. His preemie tendencies to sleep a long time (too long, in fact) and to have eating troubles are … Continue reading →

Ugh. More hospitals. We just got home from a five-day stint in the joint after my c-section. Then back again for another round starting on Sunday, ending yesterday. This time Elias was the patient, and day one was really scary … Continue reading →

Phew. It’s so hard to fathom that it was only five short days ago that I left here in the pre-dawn light, preceded by a very large belly. I’ve been in something of a purple haze as well as living … Continue reading →