We live in a metropolitan area with over one million other people. And yet, somehow, Ali and her inseparably best-friend-since-birth, AJ, have always looked oddly similar. ; Bizarre, no? Over the past couple of years, I thought that they had grown out of their identical phase – Ashley (AJ’s Mom) and I get significantly less […]
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Text Marriaging.
If I were the Al Gore type, I would definitely proclaim that Chris and I discovered text messaging. Because I kinda feel like we did. It all started in 1999. We were dating, I had just started college, and Chris was in college and working full-time. We didn’t have a lot of extra time for […]
iSchool, Volume Two.
Since my original iSchool post, we have found many more great learning apps on the iPad/iPhone. Whether you’re homeschooling or not, if you have an iDevice of some sort and you allow your kids to play on it, you won’t ever regret downloading good edutainment – the games are just as fun as Angry Birds, […]
Lessons Learned on Easter, Volume Two.
(Last year’s lessons can be found here.) 1. One Year Old Boys have no appreciation for being dragged into the living room by their sister first thing in the morning. … Until they see that there’s something in it for them. They they’re completely on board. …Until they realize they can’t open it on their […]
Unlabeled.
“Rachel, you’re getting too skinny!” “Um…what?” “Look at your arms!! You look anorexic!” Surely they weren’t talking to me, and clearly this wasn’t someone who knew me very well – that observation was seriously ridiculous. I’ve never been anything within ten miles of too skinny in my entire life. Had they not noticed my thighs? […]
A Public Smock Announcement.
(With many thanks to DirecTV, for their magnificent and inspirational commercials, and my Mother, who allowed me to borrow a few choice articles of clothing.) If you dress your son in smock for Easter, He may feel dejected, embarrassed, and angry. If he feels dejected, embarrassed and angry, he will get in a fight on […]
To Skirt or Not To Skirt.
That is the question. But first, a bit of back story… Last week, Chris and I took a few days to ourselves in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate our anniversary. Aside from spending hours on our balcony drinking this, While watching this, we rode bikes, sat in coffee shops and laughed endlessly while playing one-rule Scrabble, […]
Marital Relics.
Eleven Years. Eleven years* seems so much more than ten years – ten years is a nice, neat, clean decade. But eleven years – that’s, like, more. So it got me thinking: what is left from our wedding? We’ve moved twice, and bought four vehicles, and created two humans from scratch in those eleven years […]
Where Eggs Come From.
Hi, Noah here. I really don’t have time to blog right now, because I’m busy preparing for Easter. Looking at Pinterest on The Servant Who Calls Herself Mommy’s iPhone has me feeling all sorts of angst over her lack of holiday decorating skills, so I’ve decided to set off on doing it myself. What. You […]