Well, so far summer has been kind of fun… I’ve had lots of fun stuff planned, but the kids had to test limits for a couple days so we didn’t get to do as much as I’d wanted to this week.  We also had a wonderful time going to my 10 year college reunion last [...]

Ellie lost her first tooth this week, Killian lost his 3rd tooth.  They both have other loose teeth and I really hate loose teeth! They creep me out a lot.
We are still managing to have lots of fun, even with me shuddering all the time.  Yesterday we went swimming and paddleboating in Fairystone Lake, today [...]

We had a wonderful time on Saturday with family and friends, afterward Killian told me it was his best birthday party ever!

I would write more but its late and tomorrow is swimming day so the kids and I will be busy! You can see more awesome party pictures at Photogrove on Flickr.

My darling Killian, my sweet boy, my jokester, my “Super Scientist” award winner…  He made me a mother seven years ago and I will forever be grateful. In the past seven years, some things have changed but some have stayed the same:

I spent all day thinking about how much fun this summer will be – the resource center will be open by appointment only so I won’t be working much at all and so I get to be a full-time-stay-at-home-mama again. Then, the kids came home and it was one tantrum after another all night. [...]

We flew in and out of Washington, DC and I scored us a room at a very nice hotel just a few blocks away from the National Zoo.  Having worked at the KC Zoo, I really love visiting different zoos and I hadn’t been to the National Zoo since I was in elementary school.  It [...]

We had a wonderful trip! The pictures are on Photogrove on Flickr.
The resort (Gran Melia Cancun) was lovely and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!  My and David’s favorite part was the private Bali Bed/tiki hut on the beach, it was heavenly!

The view from it was amazing:

The kids loved the pools and the beach:

And they really [...]