I am going to combine my answer to a couple different questions about books.  Thankfully, these were not too difficult to answer because while I was writing  L decided to have a 45 minute tantrum to prove that she IS NOT TIRED. I am so very convince now that she doesn’t need a nap.
Melissa [...]

As soon as I ask for questions, I inevitably have a dozen posts composing themselves in my head.  But, I said I would answer questions so here goes:
Question 1 by Shumei (who is probably never going to speak to me again now that she knows I am an unrepentent teenage hooligan):
I want to discuss sibling [...]

The kind photographer sent me a digital copy of my very favorite one (probably so you all will stop overloading his server!)  Here it is.  Isn’t it beautiful?

Way back in April, I wrote an post mentioning our family pictures. I finally got off my ass scheduled an appointment to see the results about a month ago.
Let me say for the record,  these picture are worth every minute of the stress of trying to figure out what we would wear and trying to [...]

This last week has really put me over the edge.  Mr. A is working a LOT.   That would be enough to make me tired anyway, but  the girls are generally acting like whiny, cranky little hellions.  They are bored and picking at each other.  I am bored and out of new ideas for activities to [...]