After assembling Anne’s new bed I had two rather large boxes. Hmm, what to do with two large boxes. A fortress of course! But that took only one box. A tunnel with portcullis! Still 1/2 a box left… Ok, knee padding in the tunnel. one princess bed for $20 (original price $250) extra boxes $0 [...]

Here are some memorable quotes by Anne. You have to imagine them in her cute, innocent voice. After Eugene listed off the abundance of what he ate the previous night, Anne says, “next time, eat less.” After exiting the Sangrada Familia (the famous one that is still under construction) Anne blurts out “that church needs [...]

Here is the run down for the past couple months: Anne graduated from Preschool today. She had two excellent teachers this year and is sad to be done. Makes me wonder if she will be like Jason in Foxtrot. She was very beautiful in the dress her Grandma got her. We have been house hunting [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are now all settled in Maryland. I drove up to Ithaca and brought Camille and the kids back down at the end of October. I am so glad we are all together again. I’ll try to have Camille give a larger update about how things are soon. We [...]

I think it’s safe to say that Anne can be a little competitive at times.

Anne was asking a lot of questions about Good Friday and the things that happened to Jesus on that day. She got more and more solemn and quiet and finally said, “Why do we call it GOOD Friday? It doesn’t sound like anything good happens.” Tried explaining Easter from a long term perspective. She didn’t [...]

Have you ever felt like you were halfway in reality and then watching it in a surreal way from somewhere outside your body? I have them all the time–when I’m reading stories to Anne.