A moth on the windshield wasn't cool before I had kids

"Look, Dad! I found a severed hand!"

(For all you Arrested Development fans.)

Strawberry Shortcake prepares to dream

Believe it or not, this was by accident. After finishing the bedtime story ("Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business"), I tossed her throw-blanket over her, and the results made me giggle so much I had to grab my cellphone and send a pic to her daddy, who is working late again.

A typical Sunday.

Scribbling pointlessly on the lanai in the tropical heat while Hubby and his dad play chess. Watching the bambinos beg partially hydrogendated gunk from their grandmother. Reaching for another Icehouse because they're cold and there's lots of them.