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At Boston Market this evening …
Nicky: What’s he doing?
Me: He’s cleaning.
Nicky: Why?
Me: I suppose because its dirty.
Noelle: Cleaning like Momma.
(Who knew I cleaned enough to be so identified … its my preoccupation with keeping the ants at bay, the kitchen stays pretty clean most of the time.)
Several times Nicky announced that this dinner was “prefect” […]

I’ve been sitting on this post for awhile, but maybe its time to write down my thoughts. Lately, I’ve been sucked into the reading of blogs of adult TRAs (transracial adoptees). In general, it is not easy reading for an adoptive parent. I find myself starting to think, not my kids. […]

A little bit ago, the Dad of a set of twins in Noelle’s class stopped me in the hall at daycare. He wanted to share with me that his children have been asking him and his wife for an older brother. Not a baby brother, but an older brother, like Noelle has.
According to […]

I get this question lots.
He is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known.
Noelle was struggling with her shoes this morning and I shouted to her in passing, just wait a minute, honey, either Nicky or I will help you. The next time I walked by, there is Nicky helping her put her shoes […]

She is the cutest thing, trust me.
She was born on October 15, 2004 and has microtia of both ears (its a congenital deformity where the canal is closed and the ear is malformed — this little one appears to have the classic form). The earlier these kiddos with bilateral microtia start with a bone […]