Every Pony Get Down…

... It's Lilian's birthday party! I'm not ashamed to admit, I was just as into the idea of a My Little Pony party as she was. But she did have…

Happy 3rd Birthday, LJ!

Happy birthday to my little Lilian! It feels like this was just yesterday. My sources tell me that this was actually three years ago, but man oh man, it really has…

Memorial Day 2015

If the quality of a long weekend can be gauged by how dirty and sticky your child was by the end of it, I'd say this one was pretty damn awesome.…

Mothers’ Day 2015

I had a pretty great Mothers' Day this year. In fact, I had a pretty great weekend. Friday night, we relaxed after work with a couple of drinks. Saturday, I…

Pink “Splarkies”

I'm on my way to Florida for a work retreat (it's a hard knock life for me), and my biggest #FirstWorldProblem is that it had been weeks (weeks!) since I…

What’s Up Doc?

I wrote, last year, about the Easter Egg Hunt that Lilian and I went to. But I don't think I ever mentioned that we found out the next week that…

Maker

There is nothing better than being cooped up inside with a toddler all weekend long, while Mother Nature dumps buckets of snow all over your metro area. (Did I say "better?"…

Snowmageddon Time

Does anybody else see #snowmageddon and immediately start singing Armageddon Time by the Clash in their head? Just me? Ok then. We've had a lot of snow here in Boston…

January in New York

At the beginning of this recent December, my Mom had a milestone birthday. And my sister Melissa had a non-milestone birthday. December is a tough time for a get-together, so we arranged to…

The Good Parts of Christmas

This ended up being a fairly tough Christmas. But, despite its challenges, we ended up having some nice moments. We spent Christmas Eve at my in-laws' house. Considering the fact…