September 30th, 2006

Post Partum Tears Welling Up For a Very Different Reason Moment of the Day

Ambrose: If someone saw you at the grocery store right now, would they think you are pregnant or just a little bit… fat?

September 30th, 2006

The Allure of the Sponge

Ever since I posted this many months ago,”Sponge Bob” has consistently been the second most popular searchstring that brings people to my blog. That’s right. Second only to”Danielle Bean” and leagues ahead of more sensible searches like “a boywearing disco pants and picking his nose.” That’s a real one. I’m notkidding. What do people think we do here anyway??

Anyway, since the sponge has done so much for me, I

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September 29th, 2006

Post Partum Tears Welling Up Moment of the Day

Ambrose: (as he snuggled baby Daniel) Before a baby is born, he’s just “the baby” and nobody knows what he will be like. But once a baby is born and you see him and know what he is like, you don’t want him to be any different baby in the whole world.

September 29th, 2006

Tomorrow: Free Museum Admission

Take the family to a local museum for free!

On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across thecountry will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standingtradition of offering free admission to visitors.

More details here. Find a participating museum near you here.

September 29th, 2006

When Nutrition Becomes Religion

Does this mean I am a bad person? I just can’t stop laughing at these people and their fabricated nutritional dramas:

Janet Dracksdorf, an educational publisher in Boston, saidthat a sitter she employed had been taking her daughter — a toddler atthe time — on regular candy runs. Ms. Dracksdorf did not learn aboutthem until “two years later, when my daughter was articulate enough totalk about it,” she said. “Maybe

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September 29th, 2006

September 29: Feast of the Archangels

So today is the feast day of the Archangels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael.

So that means it’s a name day for two (three if you count Eamon’s middle name) of my kids.

So I am supposed to be baking up angel food cake or some other liturgically correct confection.

But maybe I got up early and made buttermilk apple pancakes thismorning before I even realized what day this is. And

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September 28th, 2006

Apples Apples Apples!

I havefinally gotten around to going through my emails and it appears thatmany of you like to cook with apples every bit as much as I do. Hereare some of the recipes readers have shared:

First, Sarah shares her recipe for Fresh Apple Cake with these comments: Ican make this in my sleep. It requires no special technique and can notbe messed up. My husband once made it and didn’t

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September 27th, 2006

Outstanding in his field

When I look at my “big baby” from this distance, he doesn’t seem sovery big after all. Such a little person couldn’t possibly cause memuch trouble at all, right?