Daffodil Days

I love lazy Saturdays. Today hasn’t started too lazy. I was feeding little girl around 6:40 this morning when the tornado sirens went off and woke up all the rest of the children. Happily it didn’t put me in a bad mood as often happens if I don’t get a few minutes alone in the [...]

It’s true. Iz is 7 months old. Already more than 1/2 a year old. Her new tricks include sticking out her tongue and blowing raspberries. She finally (thanks to her sister) is starting to like solid foods — specifically oatmeal cereal with bananas. Yesterday while I was reading a story N. fed her a whole [...]

While the big boys were at chess club last week, the littles and I decided to take a walk. S. wasn’t too sure about an outing in her new stroller.

But she warmed up to the idea pretty quickly.

We saw trees…

and wildflowers.

We planted some nice seeds in the neighbors yards,

got some exercise and sunshine,

and [...]

I could blame my coffee addiction on my parents. Every single morning of their lives (at least while I knew them) they got up at 6 a.m. and had coffee. While I was growing up it was coffee and cigarettes. And they had coffee (and cigarettes) many more times throughout the day. My dad [...]

Daffodil Days is back although it may still be a while before we’re back to “normal”. I know the last few posts were completely lost but hopefully the rest will return eventually. In the meantime, we can move forward with new posts and maybe a whole new blog look. Stay tuned!