Kora always amazes me. With her talents in gymnastics and in art, I never understand how she is my daughter. She’s now taking an art class after school and has been so excited about it. Last week was her first class and she came home tired but it happy. I asked her how class went [...]

It’s Logan birthday today! He’s 5 and is so excited about it. He woke up this morning and said, “I can’t believe I’m finally 5. I waited so long.” He’s too funny. We all got up early this morning and headed out to McDonald’s for our traditional family pancake breakfast. It’s not fancy, but the [...]

After what’s been an unusually warm winter, it seems a big storm is headed our way. I heard they are grounding planes in Chicago and Cleveland Hopkins has started cancelling flights as well. It’s predicted to be a bit of a mess in the morning, but I sure hope it doesn’t end up looking like [...]

Even though we had one of the warmest winters in Cleveland in ages, cabin fever has hit our house. Kora & Logan love to play outside and while it was wonderful that it was 60 degrees last Friday (in January!) it was too rainy & muddy to get out. We’ve been trying to stay as [...]

If you can believe it, up until this past winter break myself, Dave, Kora, & Logan had never had a clementine. I noticed them in the store every now and then but never knew what they were and didn’t bother to pick them up. Little did I know what we were missing! Since trying them [...]

This has been the strangest winter here in Cleveland. Just last Friday it was 55 degrees and sunny. In January! Kora and Logan have been wondering where the snow is. We had a brown Christmas (I’d say green but all the grass has turned a lovely shade of brown) and they have been itching to [...]

Well, our house is officially undecorated from the holidays. We did it in record time too. We returned yesterday afternoon from Christmas #4 in Michigan where we celebrated with my side of the family and got right to work. Kora was a big help and we were finished in just under 2 hours. Logan popped [...]

Happy New Year everyone! We hope that 2012 is an amazing year for both our family and yours. We are looking forward to lots of joy, happiness, and exciting adventures! As for New Year’s resolutions, Dave and I are joining the rest of the world in our quest to be healthier. We both would love [...]

The other day I wrote about Kora having tonsillitis. Of course, she got it over Christmas weekend so nothing was open. Her fever responded to over the counter medications, but I still thought about taking her to the ER. We went to an urgent care/walk-in clinic on Monday because her pediatrician was closed and that’s [...]

I wrote the other day that Kora started to run a 102 degree fever off and on since Friday night. It would get up to or just over 102 and she would shiver and get a bit lethargic. When we gave her Tylenol and/or Ibuprofen, it would drop and she’d go nearly half a day [...]

Merry Christmas! We hope you have a wonderful Christmas day and that everyone is in good health and holiday spirits. A couple of nights ago we went on a Holiday Lights trolley tour around Cleveland and really enjoyed it. One of our stops beforehand was to Tower City where they’ve revived one of the animated [...]

One of my favorite holiday decorations that we have is an ornament tree that my mom gave me a few years ago. I love it because it does a wonderful job displaying some of my most meaningful ornaments. My parents came for a visit recently and my mom bought more ornament for the tree. I [...]

Kora’s last day of school was Tuesday, so we spent most of yesterday doing some kid-friendly baking. We made chocolate covered pretzels earlier in the day. And later we decorated sugar cookies. They had so much fun decorating both and came up with some cute and unique creations that they were quite proud of. It [...]

If you received a Christmas card from us with a link, you’ve come to the right place. Merry Christmas! One of Kora & Logan’s favorite Christmas shows is Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. I love it too, I grew up watching it and think it’s wonderful that they enjoy it as much as I did. [...]

The other night we decided to take a few photos of Kora & Logan in front of our Christmas tree. I always like doing this when the kids are in a good mood because we’ve captured some great moments of them being adorable and silly over the years. I wrote a post not too long [...]

Kora lost her two bottom teeth quite a while back but you would have never known it because her adult teeth behind them were already in. So when she lost her first top front top tooth two nights ago, with no adult teeth in site, we were all excited and think she looks adorable! Both [...]

If you guessed Kora, you’re right! She turns 6 years old today and is so excited about it! Yesterday at school she brought in a treat for her class and they even let her pass them out. She also got to wear a birthday crown all day and in the evening we went to a [...]

You may have noticed in previous posts that I mentioned that Kora and Logan both have birthdays coming up. I can’t believe Kora will be 6 and Logan will be 5. I’ve been feeling nostlagic lately and have been looking at old photos of them as toddlers. I came across the picture below and it [...]