Kyla as Artist

Kyla completed her Intro to Drawing class through the local community college this week. I remember thinking of her as an artist when she was younger, but the problem with siblings is that Piper eventually claimed the artist title. Obviously, more than one sibling can be creative and talented; I think in our household, Kyla…

St. Patrick’s Day Brought My Biggest Win of the Year:

All–ALL!– of my family raved about the corned beef I cooked for dinner tonight. I can’t remember the last meal I made that everyone liked, which is as demoralizing as it sounds. I was horribly sick myself (and yes, still made dinner and Future Me has every right to be pissed about it), but for…

Parkour (co-)Champion!

Wes loves parkour and has been going to a local gym for a few years. It’s always been the top two guys sweeping the quarterly championship and Wes vying between 4th and 3rd (and a trophy). This Saturday was a huge upset. Four trophies were brought out for the first ever first-place tie. The previous…

The Lady Doth Not Protest…

Enough! So far, I’ve only been out on Presidents’ Day and International Women’s Day, but I have a feeling I’ll have plenty of opportunities over the next four years. It was estimated that about 2,000 came out for “No Kings” Day in February in Olympia. I took seriously Dwayne’s comment that it’s hard to fit…

Coming Full Circle

In January 2000, Dwayne and I had our first date. I was in my last few quarters of grad school, and needed to do some research at UW main campus library. Dwayne met me there to work on what was probably his Exotic Auto Club LLC, and then we had a late breakfast at a…

Happy Valentine’s/Birthday/Beginning of Break!

Dwayne and I have conveniently celebrated Valentine’s on Feb.13, even before our little Sweetheart was born. This year, I surprised him with tickets to see a local evening light show– with only a tiny bit of snow. Dwayne manages to open his semiannual List of Reasons to Love Dwayne with chopsticks– a new feat. Piper…

Piper v Wes

Big Sister is pretty much a pipsqueak compared to her Little Bro, hands down.

I Amuse Myself, and Apparently, My Family

I bought a box of condoms today, even splurging on the variety pack. I had been threatening to for years, to some justified eye-rolling from my teens. But during dinner, I brought out the box, explained how condoms work and how they can fail and then we played with the “weird balloons”. This was not…

Can You Spot the Dragon?

Oh, That Adorable Face!!!