And a Merry Rockband Christmas to You
on Dec 24, 2008 in video Spirit of Christmas photos It's Christmas Eve. We're about to set out carrots (for the reindeer), cookies and milk (for Santa). But I wanted to pause to wish you all a happy holiday.May it be filled with silly laughter (Marcie asked for a skeleton face, but requested blue

Second Annual Holiday Party
on Dec 22, 2008 in Spirit of Christmas photos For the second year in a row, my closest girlfriends here in San Diego and I got together with our families to celebrate the holidays. Last year, we decided collectively to stop buying each other gifts and to let our kids engage in a gift exchange in...

Casey's Holiday Show
on Dec 20, 2008 in Casey Spirit of Christmas photos I won't be posting any video of Casey's kindergarten holiday program. Not because there weren't some totally hilarious moments, but because I wasn't close enough to zoom only on him. And I feel weird about posting video of other people

Ears
on Dec 19, 2008 in Casey Marcie antics photos When we first brought home Marcie, Jason almost immediately began talking about getting her ears pierced. Like most women I know (not all women-- just those I know), I was opposed to this. Why mutilate her ear lobes unless she asks? I practically beg...

Marcie's Holiday Show
on Dec 17, 2008 in Spirit of Christmas This is pretty typical Marcie. And how she behaved throughout the entire "performance" (if you can call it that) during her school program. She is awfully cute anyway! And while I have your attention, what is up with preschool shows during the

Bad Mommy - A Cautionary Tale
on Dec 16, 2008 in antics A couple weekends ago, the kids bounded into my bedroom one morning practically chanting, "What trip are we going on today?"No trips planned. And I said as much. But their repetition seeped its way into my sleepy mind. It wasn't quite 6:

Did Santa Come?
on Dec 1, 2008 in Spirit of Christmas We unpacked our Christmas decorations yesterday. We put up our Christmas tree while the kids were napping. When they woke up, they hung window-gels. We set out the nativity set and pulled out Casey's fisher-price nativity set. I laid out the stoc