Kathy insists that I write something to somehow compensate for the fact that we didn’t do anything this year. I suggested e-card but I’m stuck writing this. Claire pretty much likes everyone at the moment and is willing to let you mess with her ridiculous hair if you ask nicely. You must believe me when…

Best advice my mom gave me: First of all, I like that my mom isn’t the kind of mom that is always preaching advice to me. I learned from just being close my mom. When I was learning to drive and as I was trying to pull out into traffic she would say You’re turn…

This is fairly new and so tender sweet to watch. 

We didn’t celebrate Claire’s Birthday yesterday because Brian was out of town. We did however have a nice picnic. Bea played by the water and Claire wanted to crawl all over and eat grass.

It was time for the day of the opening of the wine cellars again over the weekend. We went with our friends Julie and Matt (and their dog Whitaker) and had a lovely time. This year I was not big and pregnant so I actually felt like walking around and sampling the wine. It’s so…