Sunny&80

Years of grown up life can swiftly pull the ‘snow-is-fun-to-play-in’ rug out from under you.  Unless you’re me.  Then, there’s no amount of maturity that can disguise my excitement of a good hard snowfall.  Growing up I had a sledding hill in my yard and ski slopes 10 minutes down the road.  So, for me,…

Of course I thought my oldest daughter would make it up until midnight to ring in the  new year.  Without a doubt.  Her eyes weren’t going to close until that big huge sparkly ball dropped.  I explained New Years Eve to her earlier in the day…followed by a New Years Snoopy cartoon, and the promise…

“Who’s your favorite Muppet, Brianne?” “Hermitty the Frog!” She still has no idea why that’s so funny. If I had a dollar for every time I was told by Father Abbot Jerome (RIP) told me to “Be a leader” during Catholic grade school, I’d truly be wealthy.  In elementary school, I understood his Mike Tyson…

Now that my second daughter has become the household parakeet (repeating every word we say…), I thought it only appropriate to introduce her to the Animal Quiz.  My oldest loved this game.  Just learning to talk, she felt so accomplished adding new animal noises to her repertoire each morning at the breakfast table.  With the…

My life often feels like a comedy, and my kids say some hilarious stuff.  I was acutely aware of that due to a childhood full of babysitting, but it’s even funnier now that my own kids are trying to put my adult words into context in conversation…which clearly takes a detour most of the time.…