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As I was carrying the cat out of the kid's room, I offered to let her kiss the cat goodnight. She said yes for the first time, and I bro...

The cats chased a fledgling bird into the house today. Much excitement all around. I had to hold the cat back until R could shut him in an...

In order to preserve a very cute shirt from the ravages of BBQ chicken and baked beans, the kid dined topless this evening. Little did I kno...

Hmm... looks like the blog template I'm using is referencing something that no longer exists. Wonder how long that has been going on? Gu...

Yup, definitely have a toddler now. The kid has learned "no." Whenever she's going to do something she knows is bad she'll...

The baby is now one year old, which officially makes her a toddler (though I think the walking precipitated the name change, as she's de...

The baby has said her first word, "cheese," though it sounds like "chsss," and she thinks anything square on the choppin...

Dang. It is all babies down here at the moment. Good friend just had a baby nearly two weeks late. R's cousin just had her baby seven we...

 Happy birthday to me... a few weeks ago. I had a lovely birthday. My good friend S came down for the weekend (can you believe we've kno...

Well, I know it's been a week since the 4th, but hey! It's only been a week. I feel like I'm practically writing about current e...

When getting your child to bed, the experts say to make a bedtime routine. Do a certain set of activities to ready your child for sleep, so ...

The baby has learned how to stand, which means that I've often open the door at the end of nap time to a little person standing up to gr...

After having sworn off nail polish a year or so ago, I found myself unable to resist a summery green bottle of the stuff last time I was in ...

I've entered that period in life that is defined by the omnipresence of Cheerios. They cover the floor under the high chair and there ar...

We've finally finished the last cake made from a mix here at the A&R Household. Last, uh, spring we made a boxed carrot cake, and th...

Recently got to go mountain biking for the first time in... oh, about a year and a half. The ascent totally kicked my ass, as I haven't ...

I'd been noticing an oddly familiar smell coming from the trash bin in the nursery of late. After several days of thought, I realized th...

I suppose posting is practically an April Fools' Day prank, as it has been so long. Most of the writing energy (and procrastination) las...

March already? Madness. How did that happen? The little one will be 5 months old on Saturday. Ah, yes. That is how it happened. Babies, they...

Wow. I'm not sure how people with new babies and jobs get anything done. I had substitute teacher training for the first three days of t...