My Little Iggy at our kick off summer festival winning the big prize. Shhh, don't tell her I just asked the carnie how much I needed to give him for her to win. Wink, wink.

Summer Gets More Important Each Year, It Seems

June 12, 2013 By 11 Comments

I used to dread summer.  Having endless days with kids who got up too early, couldn't fall asleep early enough, and vexed me with how to fill their days. Now? Not so much.  Summer, while still filled with endless 14-16 hour days of kid-duty, … [Read More...]

If Failure’s Part of Life, Then Why’s It So Hard?

June 4, 2013 By 16 Comments

I don't fail much.  I never have. It's the sure sign of a perfectionist, to say those two lines up there. One of my favorite slogans of all time was always "Failure is not an option." Of course I have some big ones in my history - flunking … [Read More...]

Her very first day - 4 years ago.

Boyz II Men Nailed It

May 30, 2013 By 4 Comments

  Remember this Boyz II Men song?  "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday?" http://youtu.be/8b3mftcV0dY Today Little Iggy's "graduating" from Kindergarten. And that means I'm "graduating" after 9 years of having one or … [Read More...]