Sun, sweat, and sand

I’m all over the place today in my head and my heart. The children have been begging to go to the beach all week long (the fake, man-made beach at the lake). I hate lake water. And having grown up on the real beach I just couldn’t fathom taking my children to [...]

Contest: Do you know about these?

We have a new favorite toy in our house. Every child in my house (including me) loves these new fangled connecting things!

They are colorful. They are flexible. They are shaped like a hexagon. They can be connected to make 2D toys.
Like aliens

or turned into crowns and connected in the back

They can be [...]

I dare you NOT to laugh!

I realized tonight that I don’t laugh much anymore. It is not because I am depressed. I am not. It is not because I am sad for other reasons. I am not. It is not because I do not find things funny. I do.