The older two kids recently brought home their midterm report cards.  I’m not very fussed about report cards at this stage – they are so young, they are frankly smart enough (sometimes TOO smart), and we’ll worry about serious academia later on when it matters a lot more. However, it is always nice to see [...]

(thanks, Tami, for the photo) I tried to pick you up the other night, after you fell asleep in your brother’s bed (as you often do). I could barely lift you. You are suddenly gargantuan; your newly minted extra-large size not actually caused by turning 4, but by the birth of your relatively minuscule baby [...]