Category Archives: all about sam

The Cat and the Hat: Zombie Edition

  By Amanda | November 2, 2012 - 6:51 pm | , , ,
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Halloween has come and gone but thanks to the modern miracle of film (or digital pictures) the memories can live on forever.  This year we dressed the boys up as Thing 1 and Thing 2.  This is something I had been looking forward too since the day Will was born (literally).  And to complete the ensemble I went a little crazy with the black eye liner and threw on a hat and tie. Halloween 2012 – The Cat and Thing 1 and 2 The boys were clearly not as excited about this get up as I was.  And the white … Read more →

What I Learned about my Kids in 30 Hours

  By Amanda | May 9, 2012 - 6:11 pm | , , ,
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Last Thursday we embarked on a great adventure (or insanely bad idea) — a trip to Florida. In the car!  Have I mentioned I have a 2 year old and a 1 year old? For those of you doing the math, that’s more than 30 hours of drive time. Not counting meals and stops for the boys to run around and expel energy. By just about every measure it was a success. The boys handled the car like champs – better than I could have hoped for. Hour 6 — Teddy Graham Pit Stop I thought I knew my kids … Read more →

The Times they are a Changing

  By Amanda | March 28, 2012 - 12:01 pm | , , ,
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When Will was still a little bit of a thing Matt started playing soft ball once a week.  I came to DREAD Tuesday nights.  The chaos of juggling a newborn and a young toddler was enough to drive me to bottles of wine and Advil.  There was no good way to get them both to bed.  Will needed to be rocked until he was O. U. T. but I couldn’t leave Sam alone while I tried to lull the cranky baby into sleep land.  I couldn’t put Sam to bed first because if I left Will’s sight he would shriek … Read more →