My boys + my belly + the beach = Perfect Mother’s Day

We expected rain all week in New England for Mother’s Day.
So you can imagine my delight when I opened my eyes at the usual 6:45am and sun was peeking through my bedroom windows!
But where was my husband?
Downstairs making coffee, breakfast and (gasp!) cleaning the kitchen before bringing up the boys and the news that I [...]

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Wherein I go on a Dyson tangent

I have a bone to pick with this guy:

You know him, he’s the Dyson Vacuum inventor. Sir James Dyson, to be exact.
But I like to call him Sir D, because it makes him sound like a rapper, and that’s cool.
Not so cool? Sir D has led me astray in my domestic duties.
I first started [...]

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Brad and Angelina, I feel for you (well… sort of)

We took the boys to Philadelphia this weekend. William is obsessed with anything and everything Star Wars. My husband read online that the Franklin Institute was holding a Star Wars Exhibit through the first week of May, so we decided to make a weekend out of it.
Oh, yes. William. Alexander. [...]

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Summer school that turned into forever

It’s interesting that Audrey, Jane and I never discuss our blog posts prior to posting them.
It’s not some Pinks & Blues policy…
I guess it’s just that we spend a great deal of time planning, organizing, researching, discussing, emailing, and meeting with so many people about our Pinks & Blues reviews, giveaways and features that, [...]

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“How did you and Daddy meet?”

It happened last night.
William asked me, “How did you and Daddy meet?”
Funny how that moment changed the course of my life, and that moment is why William is actually here…
So I told him.
October 28th, 1998. I was a Junior at Brown University, Matt was a Senior. It was early in the morning, [...]

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The awful place

Yesterday I had to go back to that awful place.
Well, I guess it’s unfair to call the place itself awful… it’s just the things that have happened in my life around that place have been.
Let me take a step back.
In January 2001 I was at the movie theater with my then-boyfriend (not my now-husband, thank [...]

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OK. There’s a problem.

We have an XBOX.
My husband got it as a gift from a friend about 4 months ago. He loves enjoys playing at night when the boys are sleeping and I’m off upstairs either sleeping, reading or blogging.
Not a problem. Right?
But now… there’s a problem.
William’s addicted.
Yes, addicted.
Hi. My name [...]

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Whispers from a husband… Part 1 and 2

Part 1 -
Monday night Matt and I took William and Alexander out to Target to get some birthday presents for Benjamin. Even though he’s turning 1 and I know he doesn’t know it’s his birthday… I still wanted to go without him to get the boys excited for his special day!
We found our [...]

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What does it take…

… to get all 3 boys and Mom and Dad together on the couch for a photo?
Somehow maneuvering a way to get Alexander away from my Nana’s 89th birthday cake.
Getting Benjamin to sit still for 2 seconds.
Matt and I sitting down… together.
Keeping the climbing boys away from my growing tummy… and Henry!
And deciding that [...]

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Can you say Triathlon?

I can hardly say Triathlon, never mind DO one.
But I am. Doing one, that is.
Well, a mini one. Or more technically, a “Sprint” Triathlon.
On the average, a Sprint Triathlon is about a half mile swim. A 10-15 mile bike ride. And then, to cap it off, a 5K run.
OK.
I am not [...]

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