Even though it is a rainy Friday afternoon, I’m excited.
We’ve had a great and busy summer and school starts on Tuesday.
I’ve been savoring every lunch with my son this week
because this has been the last week that I will be able to eat lunch with him… he goes to preschool EVERY day this fall [...]

I know a lot of people are back to school…  My son is not.
His preschool starts next week, the day after Labor Day.
So I am keeping away from the computer as much as possible until September 2nd…
Until then I will share with you musings or insights or observations…
“The moment a child is born, the [...]

We’re home from the beach.  We had a great week with PERFECT WEATHER!
This morning my son and I went on a brisk walk(with the jogging stroller),
got school shoes (note to self: NEVER wait til the week before school to go to the area’s best and most popular kid shoe store; you will end up [...]

I am at the beach this week… in a big beach house
with my parents,
my brother and his wife, their 1 1/2 year-old son
and my husband and 4 1/2 year-old son.
I’ll try to post when I can although I cannot promise because we are all going to be fighting over the dial-up- no wi-fi.
On [...]

I had the absolute pleasure of attending a luncheon sponsored by
Giant Food down at Chef Geoff’s downtown on Tuesday.
Giant Food wants us to know that they love moms.
Frankly, they should; Moms spend the most money in the household and let’s face it-
moms just about always do the grocery shopping.
Everyone should love moms, but [...]

Today I’m over at DC Metro Moms admitting that I’m a Wipe-A-holic.
Check it out… there are worse addictions.

“Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.”
~Marion C. Garretty,
quoted in ‘A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul’

Just an update on the Little Hat Giveaway-
Our original winner is located in, drumroll please: NEW ZEALAND !!!!!!!!!!
So she kindly suggested I re-pick a winner.  The new winner is Carlee Hoopes!!!
She is receiving a great stroller lid (hat) from The Little Hat Company for her adorable little baby girl!
Thanks again to everyone who entered.
And [...]

A few days ago my husband, 4-year-old son and I went to a friend’s home for a crab feast, also known as ‘picking crabs’.
It was such a nice afternoon that it reminded me of how special it has been growing up in Maryland and how psyched I am that my son is growing up [...]

“Mommy, I love books… and cars.”
You really can’t ask for much more than that, from a 4-year-old boy.