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Did you know that this is the time of year when birds molt? That's right. They lose their feathers right about now. And do you know how ...

You couldn't hold the anticipation down as the day of Aunt Karen's arrival got near. Smunch is particularly enamored with AK and Mam...

Mam is a very opinionated little girl (hence the name). She's fiercely independent about certain things, but since the world actually re...

This just in from Mam: "Someday, I'm going to be a grown up...and I going to clean the litter box!" Go for it, kiddo!

Am I Martha Stewart or what? We finally managed to pick most of the apricots off of one of our apricot trees over the weekend. Last year, ou...

One of my favorite things to do with the kids is to take them to the park, or the library or even out in the backyard and let them play in t...

Who knew there was anywhere around here where you could pay a bunch of money and pick your own berries? Well, someone did because she told m...

I never realized quite what a bittersweet time of year the end of school is for parents. It's not just that you suddenly have to come up...

It's catch-up day again. See, I told you I couldn't keep up with this stuff, folks! In the last week or so, *so* many of the kids...

Tonight, Smunch was in hysterics at dinnertime. This is becoming increasingly and worryingly common these days. We ate dinner without him. D...

I had a pretty funny exchange with Mam last night as she went to bed. As usual, I was sitting in the rocking chair in her room with my book,...

Our old house had a window in the living room that provided fantastic lighting for pictures. The new house doesn't have any windows that...

Today was kind of a weird one. It was all about the animals though. Smunch woke up early this morning. He crawled into bed with us about 6:3...

Since Daddy was in serious need of working on Memorial Day, I decided to take Smunch up on his request for a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquar...

I'm doing things a little out of order here. I can't seem to manage to write things as they happen. It was Memorial Day weekend, so ...