She came bearing cookies! Giant chocolate chip cookies, buttery-sugar cookie sandwiches with strawberry marshmallow insides (these must be a variation on the whoopie pies) and some kind of cinnamon-sugar puff balls. My lord. We’re going to be in a sugar coma over here!
Brett said that when he came to pick her up Madison was enjoying [...]

I was talking about this today with my sister. Since quitting work Brett looks a lot better. Younger, for one, and happier. Calmer, less tired and more present in the family. This life really suits him.
He’s starting to enjoy cooking. He’s developing his signature dishes (mostly chicken and rice variations) and broadening his culinary horizons.
He [...]

I ended up getting him:

Two t-shirts from Threadless (they’re on sale for ten bucks a pop and he’s in need of t-shirts he will deign to wear and when he does deign to wear them, he wears them over long sleeves) and while I was there I got one for Brett’s brother because that’s who [...]

That’s what Rona Mahoney says in her wonderful book Kidding Ourselves. She thinks women should marry down. The problem is that everyone then ends up poor. But I think it’s probably a good idea to think it out before you have the baby. Often, the woman just assumes, “Oh, I’ll just have the baby [...]

The kids woke up first today and Noah helped Madison get dressed. He’s getting excited about the holidays and he likes to fill her in on how things will work.
“Today you’ll eat turkey and mashed potatoes and PIE!” he told her. Yesterday he sang her a song about presents since there will be a lot [...]