Happy 17th Birthday, Aunt Judith!!!!  The children were quite puzzled by how you could be Ben’s aunt yet only 17.  Brother was the most puzzled.  They spent a good amount of time mulling it over–it was blessedly silent during this time at dinner.  We hope you have a great day!!  I wish I had a…

my two front teeth! She lost both front teeth the week after her last performance in the Nutcracker. Here’s what she looked like before she lost the second tooth: That last tooth was hanging on by a thread.  She looked like a jack-o-lantern so we were calling her "Jack" for a couple of days. 

Oh, my so many of my favorite people were born in January!  Elizabeth celebrated hers on Thursday, Dawn celebrates hers today.  These two ladies are among my favorite bloggers. And, someone IRL, who is special to our family, is celebrating her birthday today too–my sister-in-law.  Happy Birthday, Sue!  I commissioned a chaplet for you from…

Thirteen years ago, we were married at the beautiful Marsh Chapel on the Boston University campus (our alma mater).  Our reception was held at the Castle, a beautiful old house that the presidents of the university used as a residence. Happy Anniversary, dear!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little girl!  Has it really been 6 years since I first held you in my arms?

When did this happen?  My little boy is 9!  Happy Birthday, sweet guy!

Today Honey had her first day of ballet.  She was feeling excited and nervous at the same time.  Then the stress became too much for her which caused her eczema to flare up.  She has really bad eczema on the top of her left foot right where the elastic lays on her ballet shoe.  Luckily,…

We have never thrown a birthday party for my children where we invited their friends.  We usually moved before we could do that.  This year we had our very first friends party for a birthday.  And, for once, Honey got to do something first before any of her siblings.  We had 15 adults and 28…