by Lisa O'Brien | September 7, 2012 | yumkins
I have. Smiling from ear to ear. A spring in my step. Improved posture. What, you ask, is up? These six lovelies are all in school. Full day. I admit it. And this doesn’t make me a mean, unloving mother. And I’m not out getting manicured and eating...
by Lisa O'Brien | August 13, 2012 | yumkins
Sometimes we have to throw caution to the wind. Flip flops, bare knees and elbows, a steep driveway: enter the scooter luge. Ski helmets? Check. Mismatched summer shoes? Check. No knee or elbow pads?...
by Lisa O'Brien | July 12, 2012 | yumkins
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.” ― Henry David Thoreau Related articles Happy Birthday, Henry David Thoreau, an early American naturalist, writer and tax protester (dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com) Henry David Thoreau: 12...
by Lisa O'Brien | July 2, 2012 | yumkins
Sometimes all your plans go out the window and you just have to soak it in, love it, live it. I was lucky to grow up spending summers in this beautiful part of the country, and even then I think I understood how special it was. With Daddyo hard at work and holding...
by Lisa O'Brien | June 19, 2012 | yumkins
Please, please, please have a listen to David Gray’s latest happy tune, a cover/montage of Money (That’s What I Want) and Pressure Drop. Thank you Leslie of Seattle’s The Mountain KMTT Radio for posting an MP3 of the song recently released “as...
by Lisa O'Brien | June 18, 2012 | yumkins
by Lisa O'Brien | May 25, 2012 | yumkins
We had three sons before our first little girl arrived on May 25, 2004. She has always been my petunia. Sensitive and smart, kind and creative, quiet but strong in her convictions…she’s an interesting and big-hearted one. Keep that beautiful light shining,...
by Lisa O'Brien | May 4, 2012 | yumkins
Tonight was the wake for Michael John Demick, the 24 year-old brother of my friend Erin. His beloved dog Bebe was in the car with him when the accident occurred. They died on April 27, which happens to be our son Aidan’s birthday. As we celebrate Aidan’s...
by Lisa O'Brien | May 1, 2012 | yumkins
How did this little munchkin… …get to be 11 years old and one of the sweetest, most considerate young men?
by Lisa O'Brien | April 29, 2012 | yumkins
I give in on some things now. A lot of things that aren’t important. Like letting your three-year old pick out her own clothes. And keeping the wreaths up. And taking my own, sweet time on the holiday (independence day) cards that still haven’t gone out....