Ethan has always been VERY opinionated about the shoes he wears.  Me no get.  Welllllll… maybe he comes by it naturally.  Anyway, I am looking for some back to school shoes for him that don’t break the bank and will stand up to IMMENSE AMOUNTS of playstructure (when did we stop calling them playgrounds?) activity and...

Ethan and I went on a date 4th of July weekend.  We went to the movies and had popcorn, soda, hotdogs; I paid.  It was a great date until he had a meltdown in the car at the end of the date.  Come to think of it, this is how many of my dates ended up when the poor fellow didn’t get what he wanted in the back of the...

I have been in a funk. Hubby and I have been going through some stuff as all couples do, we like to call it ‘evolving’, evolving, shmevolving, whatever you want to call it, it is not fun. But it looks like we are coming through to the other side of this thing, hoooray! So why the funk you ask? Well now that I...

This was how my walk to school went this morning with Ethan and Dylan and Scarlett. Dylan, charming 6 year old girl who lives across the street from us, is chatting about hair and hair styles and outfits and trips to the beach. Scarlett is busy sticking her tongue out of her mouth and blowing full force and throwing...

Made this last night for dinner, it was AMAZING!  I served it with a bit of rice and a napa cabbage salad.  I left out the jalapeños just in case the kids might eat any, but then we ate after they went to bed.  Less flying food that way.;)  Oh and I didn’t have limes, but I had meyer lemons off the...