There’s something about life at the beach that inspires new identities. It’s almost as though as the shore refreshes and reshapes itself we are all reshaped and renewed right along with it. I’ve found that it takes more than one week for me to shed the routine and slow our pace to the point that […]

This tugs at my heart (for obvious reasons:)) and is worth watching:

Riley’s award wasn’t the only thing that put tears in my eyes this week! Zoe graduated from preschool on Thursday (click the link to view the photos…again, Kevin was there, so they’re wonderful)! The funniest thing was that Zoe had figured out that she needed to wear a hat for graduation but didn’t yet understand […]

She’s baa-a-a-ck!:) Although I was temporarily derailed by track out and two months of strep throat, I’m finally back with some stories to tell! Thank you to those of you who are so kind and interested enough in our circus to check regularly for my posts. It’s nice to know that we have such great […]

Today I took the girls to get their hair cut. They were so excited about it. I let them look at the books with all the kids’ haircuts in them and they decided together to get chin length bobs. When Ms. Deri asked Zoe what she wanted, she said, “I want it like this,” and […]

A few mornings ago, Zoe wandered in and asked, “Mommy, what will Adam be when he grows up?” “I don’t know.  What do you want to be when you grow up?” “I want to be a doctor.”  She said it matter-of-factly, like she’d been thinking about it. “Wow.  That’s a great thing to be.”  I […]

Last night, Riley brought us laugh-out-loud laughter and sharp tears all in the same night. As Kevin was correcting Adam, Riley got a little defensive. She spoke to her dad sharply and with resolution.  “Why you saying that?  He’s a man.  He’s handsome.” And then to Adam, sincerely, “You’re beautiful, Adam.” The tears came later, […]

Yesterday, I had to take Zoe to the pediatrician’s office so that the doctor could take a look at her ears and make sure that her ear infection was indeed gone. As we were sitting in the exam room, waiting on the doctor, Zoe was chattering as usual about a million different things. Mid-sentence, she […]

Over the weekend, something happened that will be going in my son’s scrapbook, right next to a picture of him talking on the telephone.   If you don’t know Adam well, the first thing you need to know is that when he grows up, he will be Mr. Monk.  Autism produces some hilarious behaviors in […]

Recently, Riley’s mainstream first grade class had a substitute. The kids were… being kids with a substitute. They were going nuts.   Now, I have to ask: Do you remember what it was like when your class had a substitute teacher? Do you remember what your most frequent sub was like? I remember that there […]