Welcome Home, Azucena!  I am crying tears of joy. PURE love and tears! Welcome to America, sweet, little one.  Welcome HOME.

Um, dude, I totally owe you some posts, instead of cute pictures of my kid reading to the cat.  I KNOW THIS.  I'm sorry.  It's been a busy time, and I have some serious shit to vent about - I'm nervous and excited, and ANNOYED AS ALL FUCKALL that our lovely cherub, who is just … Continue reading de-lurk, de-lurk, wherever you are!

SO I've decided to bite the bullet and do the IVP's 365 personal photo post thing. But so as not to clog up the blog waves (stop laughing, I have a LOT of posts brewing in my head, esp. now that we've finished all of the Cheeky's Pre-School applications. OY!) But without further adieu, here's … Continue reading Jumping in feet first…

Malka reads to Quincy., originally uploaded by shellipsm. And sometimes, we realize that this parenting thing? We're doing something right...

I was walking home

About to become What a bunch of squares. For Malka's bew big girl bed!, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Someone's about to get a new quilt for her big girl bed!

In less than a week's time, G-d willing, spit, spit, knock wood, keynahora, Malka will be three years old. Holy Shit! I have a big blog post brewing in my head, and one of those Dooce, nee, Cecily, nee, all of y'all "Dear Malka" letters brewing, but for now, I'm dealing with grandpa coming into … Continue reading The Big Three

Cheeky's first person drawn in front of us (who knows what gets tossed at school!) This was on a restaurant tablecloth, originally uploaded by shellipsm. Note the red ears. And enviable long legs.

THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!! If you are 30 or older you will think this is hilarious!!!! When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears. With their tedious diatribes about how hard things were. When they were growing up; what with walking Twenty-five miles to school every morning …. Uphill… BOTH ways. … Continue reading From the internets.

So as many of you who are subject to me having your e-mail recently found out, Narda and I received iPhones recently.  When we were at the apple store, trying really really hard to focus on JUST the iPhones, and on keeping Malka entertained (thankfully, the iPods had some groovy disco and headphones), I asked … Continue reading Because I said I would…