As one of the original members of Have the Cake, I should have been baking every month… But alas, I have two young children and not a lot of time for anything other than changing diapers, nursing, potty training, etc.
But, the hot winds of August brought Rena to Colorado and with the extra hands in [...]
Having turned 4 months old (and having been termed “slender”(?)) by his doctor, Henry has now begun the road to solid foods, starting with rice cereal. Here’s our “slender” boy looking cute and clean…
And here’s what he looked like after a few spoonfuls of rice cereal:
The goal of these first few meals is mostly to [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I am always surprised that my tomboy self is raising a serious girly-girl. Anna loves pink! Everything must be pink! From her clothes, to her shoes, to her snack and the cookies that she gets at the store – it all must be pink!
The other day [...]
As of 4:09 a.m. yesterday, Henry turned 4 months old. It’s amazing how much babies change in such a short period.
This was taken when Henry was 10 days old -
And this was taken today:
Henry had a check-up at the doctor’s office today. They weighed and measured Henry and then tested his development. And then they [...]
After 41 years of teaching, my father retired this year. My dad has taught organic chemistry at a small liberal arts college since 1969 and will spend this summer cleaning out his office and his lab and starting a new life as a retired citizen.
Amazingly, my father has had one job interview his entire life. [...]
You know how people sometimes imagine that in the future we will all be controlled by machines?
Well, in our house, we are controlled by one evil little machine in the kitchen. It doesn’t look evil, does it?
This is the Cuisinart Supreme Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker. It’s evil; it speaks to me, it makes me [...]
For me, high school is like an ex-boyfriend with whom you’ve had a bad break-up. You think you’re over him, that you’ve moved on and forgotten him entirely. Until one day, years later, you see him one day in the grocery store. You attempt to hide from him, darting between aisles and displays, only to [...]
Our mostly sweet, but sometimes temperamental Anna, has been pretty busy lately. Along with keeping up a schedule of music class, school, and tumbling class, she’s also been doing lots of fun summer activities.
A few weeks ago Anna’s cousin Brendan came over to play. He came with a large pitcher and some freshly squeezed lemon [...]
Henry turned 3 months old on Monday.
Here is Henry looking at his sister, whom he absolutely adores:
Everytime Henry sees Anna he smiles; too bad Anna does not feel the same way most of the time. There are times when she likes him, and then there have been a few times when she has hit him [...]
Seven years ago this August I bought a 1 gallon can of soy sauce. I have finally finished off the last bit of this huge can of soy sauce and it makes me a little sad…
You see, seven years ago my friends Pete and Stacey asked me to cater their wedding rehearsal dinner. I jumped [...]