The Days Were Long, But the Summer Was Short
Long time, no see, Hot Breakfast friends! Hope you had a great summer. As you may or may not have noticed, I took a nice long blogging break. If I had to sum up my summer, I’d make a play…
Parenting is Hard: A Confession & A Cure For The Common Facebook Envy
This is the third time I’m writing this post. Originally, it was about food. Pasta. “Four New Things I Made With Pasta.” Healthy things. Easy things. Things that everyone in my family ate. I was going to write about it despite…
Counting our blessings, one bag at a time
On Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., we made “blessing bags,” plastic bags full of snacks and other supplies for people in need. Noah first made these at church camp last summer, and I thought they were a great idea. People panhandle…
Never, never, never give up (a quitter’s resolution)
I’ll just say it: I wanted to quit this blog. I haven’t written a post in almost three months. Let me revise that: I haven’t posted anything in three months. I wrote stuff here and there, but nothing that felt worth…
Back to Work, Not quite back to reality
Last Monday started like any other day. Our alarm went off at 7:00. I woke Noah at 7:10 and sent him, eyes still half-closed, downstairs for frozen waffles. I got Rory out of his crib, changed his diaper, and watched…
First Day of Kindergarten: Riding the Waves
It happened. Noah started kindergarten. I’m not going to lie; I’ve been waiting for this day all summer. Sure, there were moments when I thought “Oh, I’m going to miss having him around all day.” But there were all the…
Give Me A (Summer Blogging) Break
We had a great kid-free weekend in Nashville. We ate, we drank, we listened to music and visited record stores and wandered around museums and, one day, slept until the mind-boggling hour of 9:30. I’ve been meaning to write a…
Vacation by Numbers: Noah and Rory’s Excellent Adventure
Well, it looks like summer vacation has turned into blogger’s vacation! I have a good excuse: I took the boys to Illinois and Wisconsin for eight days, and didn’t take my laptop. But now we’ve been back for over a…
Wordless Wednesday: Us – We’re Just Like Stars!
I took this picture on our way back to the car after church and brunch at Old Havana last Sunday. I thought these guys looked so cute (all in plaid shirts and gray sneakers; I guess it’s bound to happen…
Banjo and the gift of goodbye
We had a sad Father’s Day. It started out fine: French toast and handmade cards and Noah giving Pat a “gee-tar” pick he found in the playroom “because Daddy likes gee-tars.” Pat took a nap and helped Noah build a…
