Jules and Mae have lately been obsessed with the bald-headed, four-year old cartoon entity otherwise known as Caillou. They want to watch the show over and over and over. (Tivo is a miracle.)  Back when Eddie was a wee lad, he passed through a Caillou phase. It was never my favorite kids show but there […]

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It may be freezing and snowing outside my windows but today I feel the chinook winds blowing through our lives. They bring warmth and renewal … CHANGE.
Today we got confirmation of the news we have been sitting on for weeks. And really waiting on and working our butts off toward for years. Big things are […]

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One of the things I wanted to know after Davey was born was what he would look like. I had barely a moment to gaze into his eyes before he was whisked off to the Special Care Nursery, then another too brief visit a few hours later when we were told for the first time […]

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Edward was having a tough time this morning so for some perhaps insane reason, I let him stay home. I did so, it being my day alone with the twins, on three conditions:

finish his homework from last night that was due today (oops)
clean his room
answer the question: why are the colors of Christmas green and red?

After […]

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Anybody here seen Davey’s glasses? Anyone?
Anyone?
Because sometime between when he came home from school, specs firmly on his face, and when we got in the van to go pick up his sisters at daycare (half day for the boys, not for the girls), they vanished.
They are somewhere on our compound. I turned over every square […]

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Edward has always been interested in art. He can’t help it. His mom (me) is an artist. One great-grandfather was a self-taught and talented painter. Another great-grandfather is a photographer. A great-grandmother was a jeweler. A grandma studied art, working in photography and painting.
So naturally, when the kid shows a keen interest in drawing and […]

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Yesterday, because it was rainy and raw, we came up with the brainstorm of taking the kids to see “The Bee Movie”. Usually, Dex takes the boys to the movies while I stay home with the girls, but we decided now that the girls are two years old it was time for us to give it […]

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Tomorrow, it will be a year since Davey was admitted for his last hospitalization. (Hopefully last, though what I actually mean is most recent.) It’s hard even now for me to think of what he went through, what we all went through. For the five nights leading up to it, Dex and I slept in shifts […]

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This time, it was my turn, although it wasn’t as bad for me, not being a life-long Rockies fan (’cause, you know, I’m older than 15). Sure I wanted my homestate team to win but I would have settled for seeing them actually play baseball. Well, last night they did, and a little bit in […]

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Edward is working on his Cub Scout Bear badge. Since he joined the Scouts for the first time this year, he also has to earn his Bobcat badge. That includes the basic stuff, like the Scout promise and handshake. It also now includes, somewhat disturbingly, the requirement that the Scout’s parents read and discuss with […]

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