As summer ends, I find myself getting really sad that the boys will be back in school full-time. Granted, I have had a babysitter part-time all summer so I can do my nagging research; therefore, I can’t truly claim the title of “stay-at-home-mom.” That acknowledged, I think the hard part is Miles is starting [...]

Most mornings, I let the boys wake me up. Typically, I am up late studying and want every last minute of sleep time. Collin is a very early riser. Normally, he gets out of bed and entertains himself with various projects until Miles rolls out of bed about an hour later. The [...]

Anyone who knows me well understands that I like control. Miles, my four-year-old, is not a child who is willing to submit very easily to my manipulative parenting tactics. So, whenever I can’t hear him in the house, I know he is up to something I typically would not embrace. This morning, I was blow [...]

So, I’ve kindof gone underground for the past two months. There has been lots to do on the home front. We were out of town until July 10th, and when we returned, we had to orchestrate installing our landscaping. We purchased a new-construction home in Maple Grove last March (a suburb about 15 miles from [...]

Currently, I’m in the middle of living on two-hours of sleep a night in order to meet the deadlines imposed by my professors. It’s brutal. I’m too old for this. Last night, I finished the first draft of my paper for the ethics course I am taking this semester. The paper examines the bioethics of [...]

Collin and Brian Video.
Never let your “crazy” brother take your 5-year-old son on a quad in Mexico. Particularly, a brother who has had more stitches than anyone I know. See below.