Ryder is VERY obsessed with Pirates of the Caribbean. Or the Carivvean, as he calls it. So obsessed that we usually can’t get out of Disneyland without going on the ride at least twice. So obsessed that he very often spies Jack Sparrow in the grocery store. Or “Baby Jones” in the parking lot. Wha??? [...]

What to do with an energetic three-year-old on a gray and rainy day? Cover him in and plastic and send him outside, of course! After all that cold water, it’s always good to warm up with a hot (but not too hot) shower and a warm dinner. And what to have for dinner? Homemade Chili [...]

Ryder and I went to Irvine Regional Park this week to ride the train and have a picnic with some friends. Unbeknown to me, they also have pony rides. Now, we go to the Santa Ana Zoo about once a week, where they have a very nice Endangered Species Carousel. Of which Ryder wants no [...]

First of all, I have been sick. SICK. Like dear-lord-look-after-my-child-my-hubby-and-my-horse-dog-and-just-put-me-out-of-my-misery sick. Some sort of stomach flu. I won’t get into too many details, as I don’t want to lose all eight of my readers (and any lurkers), but needless to say, it has not been pretty. After taking a shower yesterday afternoon, I started to [...]