Lilianisms

She dragged her little stool halfway across the house in a vain attempt to get my new lip balm off of the counter and eat it. "Dis my ice palace,…

Reindeer Games

Last week was the holiday concert at Lilian's daycare. This is the third holiday concert they've hosted since she started going there, but the first one that I actually attended.…

Little Gretzky

I'm not entirely sure where she got it from, but Lilian freaking loves hockey. I used to love hockey (sadly, I don't have much free time for it these days),…

Grateful

This year, I am thankful for a husband who will go along with my crazy schemes. (For those of you who are wondering, we got all of the lower cabinet…

Tea for Two

I slept funny on my leg Saturday night. When I woke up on Sunday, I was in all kinds of pain. It kinda put a dent on my plans to go…

Night of a Thousand Elsas

Spoiler alert: Lilian totally wore her costume. My sister Melissa told me that Halloween was going to be the night of a thousand Elsas. Who's Elsa, you ask? Perhaps, unlike…

Happy Halloween!

Apparently I made a passing reference to buying a new sewing machine, promised a story, and then never wrote about it again. Whoops. So, yeah, I bought a sewing machine.…

CHaD Hero Half Marathon

On Sunday, I ran the CHaD Hero Half Marathon. I trained for it most of the summer and all of the fall. I was hoping for a better time, but…

New York, New York

I spent most of this past week working in Midtown Manhattan. When they asked me if I'd be ok with working in New York for a week, I said yes...…

Welch and Dickey

Our toddler hikes have been going so well, we decided to go on a big kid hike on Sunday. Kristian, LJ, and I drove up to New Hampshire with our…