Colorado - Biking! 13 Aug 2013 | 05:39 am

We're up in the mountains of Colorado this week with family and everyone is excited for the hiking, biking and swimming.  The house we're staying in backs up to Gore Creek and with the windows open we...

Ah, Summer 12 Jul 2013 | 10:55 am

Doesn't he look relaxed? Oscar's school let out on June 28th, finally, a full three weeks later than he's accustomed to.  He managed the longer school year well, only bordering on tears when certain ...

Oscar and Alyssa (part 2) 26 May 2013 | 08:38 pm

Oscar and Alyssa (part 1) 8 May 2013 | 05:38 am

Last night, as Paul and I were scrambling to get dinner on the table, the phone rang.  We didn't have to look, we knew who it was. "Oscar!" Paul shouted, "that's probably Alyssa*! You should answer i...

"S" is for Siblings (Write On, Mamas!) 23 Apr 2013 | 11:58 am

I'm over at Write On, Mamas! today with the "S" post in the A-Z blog campaign. Be sure to check out all the letters of the alphabet and poke around the site a bit.  You will love the writing and the c...

Oscar's Business 22 Apr 2013 | 07:51 pm

A few days ago a friend contacted me on facebook - she'd heard Oscar had started a dog walking and cat sitting business and wanted to know if he was free this weekend. "Oscar!" I called to the other ...

Finding My Way Back... 16 Apr 2013 | 09:42 am

I've been trying to find my way back here for months. Yes, months.   But it's so hard (for me and my compulsive nature) to jump back in without relating every minute detail since last June when I fell...

The Play 7 Jun 2012 | 02:58 pm

Oscar is graduating from fifth grade TOMORROW and I'm hell-bent on writing about these days, these last days of Oscar at his elementary school.  Every time someone mentions graduation, tears pool on m...

The Walk 2 Jun 2012 | 06:21 am

A few Saturdays ago we held our 11th Annual Walking for PWS event in Northern California.  Oscar was only 18 months old when we held that first walk and I remember how Paul carried him on his shoulder...

May (Really?) 12 May 2012 | 06:33 pm

I looked at the calendar just now, and was shocked to see it was May 11th.  I mean, on some level I know it's May, but you could have convinced me it was still March.  Not writing - not whipping out a...