Domestic Bliss

  • Interlude

    I’ve now been home from Santa Fe almost a week, and memories are already fading.  I took some notes while there, so I’m going to write them up now.  The resulting post may…

  • Birthday Parties – 2 of 2

    When Jack turned three, all friends and family independently bought him Play Doh.  Three appears to the be Year of Play Doh.  (Four, by the way, is the Year of Hot Wheels and…

  • Birthday Parties – 1 of 2

    When Liam turned one, he had pretty much no party.  I was living and working apart from my family, staying in a hotel and seeing them only on weekends (or every other weekend).…

  • Splash

    Whenever it rains in New Orleans, the streets turn into swimming pools.  The boys, along with our upstairs neighbor, donned boots and puddle-stomped, while I supervised them and also a morning yard sale.…