Tales from the Trenches

Regret Having Kids? Never!

Karen Edmisten recently wrote a beautiful post outlining 40 reasons to have kids. She wrote the blog in response to Corinne Maier, a French writer and mom of two children who readily admits (to the world) in a published book that she regrets having children. I read an article about her here and at firstRead the whole post >>

Lend A Hand

I love how kids take everything literally. Like tonight when Madeline and I were flipping through a Sesame Street publication and we stumbled across a craft activity that involved turning your child’s hand into a turkey. “Tomorrow we can make your hand into a turkey,” I told her, showing how Elmo had transformed his fuzzy,Read the whole post >>

Moment of Truth

Tonight during dinner Madeline wasn’t saying much. Her puffed cheeks indicated that her mouth was full of water. She sometimes does this in the morning with milk. She’ll take a few sips and savor it in her mouth for a while like a provident chipmunk. Strange behavior but not worth a fight. But tonight wasRead the whole post >>

Say Cheese!

I’ve had some requests to post some recent pictures of the girls, so here goes… Rachel Marie is 4 months now and has the most delightful disposition. She’s easy-going and very smiley. Our little fashionista playing dress-up with clothes my Aunt Jeanne and cousin Lilly sent us. Sisterly love…

Mark Maddy’s Words

During dinner I was telling Madeline she’d soon be considered a preschooler and not a toddler anymore. I’m not sure why I was sharing this with her. It was just a random topic of conversation. “Go to school?” she immediately asked after I’d enlightened her. She apparently was focusing on the “school” part of preschooler.Read the whole post >>