Echobaby

The family have left and now the kids are roaming around trying to figure out how their various presents work. I fell asleep on the couch w...

Despite my best intentions [when Frost was born] neither of the boys is learning a second language. Still, I have noticed that Wren is amaz...

Last week we made a gingerbread house which Wren and Frost ate, literally, a few days post-construction. I am glad this is nothing like rea...

I can't ever seem to sit down and eat these days. One kid needs a spoon, another needs to pee. Then one needs a napkin and the other n...

We've been spinning around in the Christmas-bathroomremodel-Kellie-visit vortex for a few weeks now. Its been fun but I am a different ...

I was playing with Wren in his room in the comforting gloom of 7am when we heard a godawful shrieking and "bocking" from the hens....

Wren turned three on Sunday. He had a small party with a volcano cake on Saturday. On Sunday we were lazy and made a large pile of wrappi...

More drama in the House that Wren Built. The bathroom remodel has made it more difficult to bathe. Last night I realized I had lost count o...

Seattle seldom gets very cold - many degrees below freezing. Fewer still are the days that it remains sub-freezing all day. This week rec...

I was driving through Maple Leaf yesterday when I saw a sign that the Maple Leaf Pharmacy is offering H1N1 shot appointments. I called this...