My Teddy Bear: Letting the kids sleep in my room

My Teddy Bears It’s happened again. Somehow the boys have started sleeping in our room like the old days. When they were much littler, they slept in bed with us when they were scared and they brought in their teddy bears with them. Now, they’re on the floor next to the bed. One on each […]

Behold: The first snow day of the year

Ah, the first snow day of the year. There’s not much that compares to it. Snowy roads no match for sledding hill. It starts about 6 p.m. the night before. Someone (usually me) checks www.snowdaycalculator.com. It says it’s a 99% chance of a snow day. Someone (again me) announces this loudly while standing in front […]