Andy is just four, but I see glimpses of the living hell that will be his teenage years. "Andy, how was school today? Was it picture day?""No. Nothing. I'm not telling.""...Did you play with Christopher?""Christopher wasn't there today.""Who did you play with? Eli? Kiki? Evan?""Nobody. I don't want ...

We got a taste of spring this weekend and it was sure lovely. We spent a lot of time outdoors including putting together a new patio tent for the backyard. The box lied that it only took an hour to put together. After the first two hours, our marriage nearly collapsed. Then he figured out how to fin...

Here are some pictures from the snowstorm that was, geez, just on Monday. It's hard to remember that now as it's Sunday and was 75 this weekend. Mom and Andy kicking the snow. I think we had about 8-9 inches. Mom pulling the sled down the street. We were in the snow for about 15 minutes, which was p...

From the boy's mouth today: "Juice comes out my penis. It starts in my mouth and then goes into the machine in my tummy and then that turns it into pee that comes out my penis. Did you know that, Mom?"Seacrest, out....

Meg had a rough night last night. She woke up wailing around 9:45 (naturally as I had just settled into watching 30 Rock with Bjorn). Nothing would soothe her, it was really weird. After a bit, I walked her outside for a few minutes and then fed her some cheerios. She seemed hungry, which would make...

So now both kids are sick and with seemingly different things. Both had a fever Sunday. Andy had one yesterday, but Meg didn't. Andy took a nap, which was unusual and unusually long yesterday only to be up and down in the night and bouncing off the walls this morning. I sent him to school this morni...

Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that the human brain—once thought to be a seriously flawed decision maker—is actually hard-wired to allow us to make the best decisions possible with the information we are given. read more...

Life continues apace. We've been trying to gear up for the holiday season by crafting up a storm and making plans for other ideas. Olivia is learning about the pilgrims and the Mayflower at school. She thinks it's great that Grammy and Poppy live in the state where the pilgrims settled. They...

Last week O was in MA with my parent having a ball. Adventures to the zoo were had, many trips to local playgrounds, visiting family, playing in the yard, and locally made ice-cream helped fill her days. J and i arrived on Thursday night and we all spent the weekend together. We managed to go to the...

The ability to detect autism in children as young as nine months of age is on the horizon, according to researchers at McMaster University. The Early Autism Study has been using eye tracker technology that measures eye direction while the babies look at faces, eyes, and bouncing balls on a computer ...