Today is Olof’s and my fifth wedding anniversary.  It feels like it should be more than five years ago we got married (in a good way, I mean), but at any rate, we’re off to a good start.  He arranged for him mom to come over and stay with the kids this evening so that… Read More Happy Day

Today I am eight months pregnant, exactly one month from my due date, and–as is usual for me at this stage of pregnancy–I am very ready to have it done. People keep saying, “Oh, it’s not long now,” or “Wow, so soon!” and all that comes to my mind is, “Yeah, easy for you to… Read More The big picture

When we got to the birthday party this afternoon, Tage decided that he could stay there on his own, as long as I promised not to forget where to pick him up (“Remember,”  he said, pointing to the house across the street, “it’s by a blue house with the number 7.”).  I think once he… Read More Independence

Tage’s been invited to a birthday party tomorrow afternoon, which means that I’m on the hook to tag along and hang around drinking coffee and making small talk while my boy partakes of the festivities.  I know most kids his age are fine to be dropped off at events like this and picked up later,… Read More Celebrate good times, come on

I had an appointment with my midwife this afternoon, and after all the usual checks, she thought we should talk about my expectations for the delivery, telling me that a new procedure they’re following at the hospital is the Dublin model of active management of labor.  Now is it just me, or do those words,… Read More This bodes ill.

After losing Åsa last fall, we’ve all been a little more anxious about Moa going outside, though of course we understand that she’s really no less safe now than she has been for all the years she’s been allowed outside.  I’ve mused more than once that I would make her an indoors-only cat if I… Read More Scared straight

After an updating hiatus of more than seven months, I have finally added new pictures to the kids’ pages. I also tinkered a bit with the index pages, switching from hyperlinks to drop-down menus, and hopefully making navigation a bit easier. So, if you’re interested in seeing some not-very-recent photos of the little darlings, feel… Read More Housekeeping

It seems like I’ve spent most of the winter at one end or the other of a headcold, which is unusual for me.  Generally I get only a couple of colds a year, and they tend to be the short-lived kind.  I’m not sure what’s different this year, but I do know I’m tired of… Read More What gives?