Been meaning to post this one for a week or so now. We were out eating dinner at a local chinese food restaurant (Bo Lings – if you live in the Kansas City area, I recommend it) and as per usual when we were finishing up we were given fortune cookies. Colleen and [...]

Almost 18 months.
That is how long we made it without an ear infection. I never quite understood a parent’s woes regarding their child’s ear ailment until now.
Avery and I have been sick all week… Avery seemingly more so than I, just because at 17.5 months you just cannot expect a child to understand the [...]

Once again as parents we were outsmarted.  In an attempt to combat long car rides and the restlessness that can ensue in the backseat, we succombed to the almost standard pressures of parenting.  A portable DVD player.
It was all fine and dandy.  We bought it with good intentions.  A plane ride here, and long car [...]