We reached a very special milestone (for me, anyway) last week. Ever since the day my son was born, I've had people remind me, "Well, at least one day he will get to participate in the Special Olympics." Which, when presented in this way, gave me more anticipation than relief. So when he finally reached the age to participate, I was both nervous and excited. It was a track and field event--something he isn't really familiar with--but we knew he would have fun racing, throw

Our 11th wedding anniversary happened while we were travelling. So we celebrated eleven years of marriage on an eleven hour car ride that included: - Vomit - Junk food - Goldfish crackers crushed into a fine powder on the car seats and floor - Multiple gas station bathrooms - Peeing in bottles - Assorted tears, poop, fights, iPads, and ninja turtles But it was actually quite fun. Bonus: I had my husband’s undivided attention for hours so I could catch him up on all the pert

I'm doing some consulting work and I needed to make an important call, but all four kids were home and I didn't want screaming in the background. I was talking to my husband about this on the phone, and he started making all of these suggestions. "Give them a cookie before you call," he says. "No, because it will only take them one second to eat the cookie and it will guarantee they will bother me to demand more." "Give them lots of cookies." No response necessary. "Put them