Forget shopping on Black Friday! You couldn’t drag me to the mall today. The amount of people and chaos can never make up for any fabulous deals the stores may try to entice me with. For years, the day after Thanksgiving has been Annual Cookie Baking Day for my family. This continued after I got…

Zoë’s birthday was yesterday and Dante’s birthday will be on Monday. So we had a bunch of family over this evening to celebrate by eating cake (blueberry at Dante’s request) and opening gifts (even though they were all told they didn’t need to bring any). Unfortunately, Zoë has been teething and just got her one…

Well, the kids are growing and changing so fast and I’m horrible at keeping this blog updated for some reason. Here’s a quick update on how they are doing, because I frequently have people asking! Dante Dante is as precocious as ever at nearly five-years-old. He’s highly sensitive and a perfectionist (taking after mommy), as…