we have no plan

Kristyk (have I mentioned that she’s one of my very favorite bloggers?) has posted her master plan for the school year. She is trying the ‘busy body‘ book this year. I have always wanted an appointment book but right now I just have a calendar I carry with me and a large marker board calendar […]

I love this picture.

I asked our teenager to take our picture Originally uploaded by cathymccaughan. This is my favorite picture from the outing to the zoo yesterday. Everyone with sweet little toddlers and small children, look closely. This is what a teenage daughter will do when you ask her to take your picture. This is no accident. This […]

World Breastfeeding Week 2006

I was certain that World Breastfeeding Week 2005 would be my last year as a participant, but here it is again, so I made sure to freak out some man at the zoo today. In my defense, I thought the dark and empty, cave-like viewing area for the gorillas would be a good place to […]

the smell of elephants in the summer

Since the heat index is around 100, I am giving in to Amy’s begging and taking the children to the zoo tomorrow. Did I ever tell you the story about the time I had a heat stroke at the zoo and ended up on a gurney in the medical room? Or the time Noah had […]

not specific enough

I asked Tommy to give Evan a snack. He’s seen me do this about 10,872 times. A few minutes later, Evan toddled by chewing on a cold pork chop.