Kora has been coming up with some great excuses for delaying bedtime. Climbing the stairs to bed tonight she came to an immediate halt. “Wait, Mommy. There’s a granola bar in my jammies. Down in my foot. It hurts soooo bad.” I fixed that situation by telling her, “Well, I guess we’ll have to put [...]

I’m not sure who decided Kora would be my child. I love her dearly, but I hate pink. Kora loooooves it. Even that is probably an understatement. These days she will rarely wear anything that is not pink sometimes she’ll concede to wear something purple. This all started about a month ago. I’d heard it [...]

The other day after the mail came and after Avery, our dog, made sure the mailman would never return, Kora was so excited to receive a Christmas card in the mail from her Grandma. She opened it immediately and did a great job of not tearing the card even though the envelope was in shreds. [...]