My husband and I love to travel and explore new places. We rarely begin any journey with an itinerary, and yet we always end up having the most remarkable times.
Yes, we have our “Bucket List” of places we’ve yet to visit, places both near and far… but this past Friday night we stumbled upon […]

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My first little granddaughter called me “Umma” when she was learning to talk.
I loved being called Umma, but I knew it would not last.
She caught very quickly onto “Grandma,” and the rest is history. Since then, all of my grandchildren have called me Grandma.
Except Benjamin, Audrey’s littlest guy.
He calls me Mama.
Now, it is true […]

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We expected rain all week in New England for Mother’s Day.
So you can imagine my delight when I opened my eyes at the usual 6:45am and sun was peeking through my bedroom windows!
But where was my husband?
Downstairs making coffee, breakfast and (gasp!) cleaning the kitchen before bringing up the boys and the news that I […]

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We took the boys to Philadelphia this weekend. William is obsessed with anything and everything Star Wars. My husband read online that the Franklin Institute was holding a Star Wars Exhibit through the first week of May, so we decided to make a weekend out of it.
Oh, yes. William. Alexander. […]

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It’s interesting that Audrey, Jane and I never discuss our blog posts prior to posting them.
It’s not some Pinks & Blues policy…
I guess it’s just that we spend a great deal of time planning, organizing, researching, discussing, emailing, and meeting with so many people about our Pinks & Blues reviews, giveaways and features that, well, […]

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Throwback Thursday is back after a few weeks on hiatus. If you haven’t joined in yet, now is the time!
Baseball and softball season is now in full effect.
Here’s me (Jane) sporting my All Stars uniform - and a huge water bottle - back in 1993. With me, of course, is Mom, working the brown […]

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I had an epiphany of sorts last week.
Audrey’s oldest son, 3-year-old William, is getting very interested in letters and words. I happen to have a little sign hanging on my back door inside doorknob, and he was studying the words on it: In the Garden.
“What does this spell,” he asked.
I answered, “In the […]

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Exposed baby bumps.
Ah, the subject of such discourse.
And the “love it” or “hate it” mantra.
I will never forget the first time I saw the exposed baby bump of a total stranger.
This was way back in the summer of 1980 when I was six months pregnant with Jane (I know that mamas-to-be now talk in terms […]

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I was posing for this here picture with little Henry at 26 weeks, and I got to thinking…
Forget Celebrity Baby Bump Watch 2008 (OK, not really “forget”… I do love me some celebrity baby bellies)!
Let’s get Blogger Baby Bump Watch 2008 going!
I’ll start it off:

All right, fellow preggos, now it’s your turn!
1) Post a picture […]

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… to get all 3 boys and Mom and Dad together on the couch for a photo?
Somehow maneuvering a way to get Alexander away from my Nana’s 89th birthday cake.
Getting Benjamin to sit still for 2 seconds.
Matt and I sitting down… together.
Keeping the climbing boys away from my growing tummy… and Henry!
And deciding that William […]

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