I try not to spend too much time feeling sorry for myself, because it’s such a total waste of energy, but sometimes it’s a challenge.  This weekend has been one of those times.  Not only do I have a terrible cold, complete with racking cough and raw, painful sore throat, but I’m also having an [...]

Before we go to sleep most nights, if we get to bed before midnight, I read Tage a book or tell him a story. Last night it was a story, since the lights were already off before he remembered to ask and it seemed too much hassle to mess around with a book. [...]

I have been in a veritable baking frenzy lately, which is good for my tastebuds, but not so good for my waistline. I’ve been meaning to cut back the baking to one day a week, because I really do want to reduce the amount of sugar that all of us are eating, but I [...]

We don’t get so many Lydia funnies posted here, but this one had both of us laughing our heads off. Tonight, as I was getting ready to dish up her dinner, I asked, “Do you want a bowl or a spoon?”
“‘A bowl or a spoon?” she asked, bemused.
“I mean, a bowl or a plate,” [...]

My recent plea for ranch dressing has been answered, in abundance. In the past few days, the postman has brought me not one, but two parcels containing those precious Hidden Valley envelopes. Ellen and Carrie, I thank you and my family thanks you.
Looking back at my earlier entry, I realized that I never [...]

In the months since he started going to pre-school, Tage’s use of Swedish has fairly exploded.  This afternoon Olof’s sister and brother-in-law were here to work on some computer stuff and play the Wii, and Tage was talking up a storm in Swedish, using dozens of words that I didn’t even know he knew.  At [...]

I was just looking at the school lunch menu we’ve got hanging on the bulletin board in the entryway and I noticed that Lydia doesn’t have school tomorrow.  I had forgotten that it’s a planning day for the teachers, which means that my weekend starts a day early.  For three whole days I won’t have [...]

Why does kids’ puke always have hot dogs in it?  Why?

After some consideration, I decided that Advanced Chocolate Tasting might be too much for me, but I didn’t discard the idea of a chocolate frenzy altogether. This afternoon I whipped up a batch of my now-famous chocolate semlor. Purists may scoff, but I’ve yet to meet anyone who wasn’t a believer after just [...]