Karen on September 26th, 2009

For the most part, this is a positive blog. We try to focus on the best aspects of our family life. And the way that it’s presented here, it seems perfect… but we all know nothing is perfect. No matter how hard we try to have the perfect life, we all have to face challenges. [...]

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Karen on July 28th, 2009

I can’t believe it’s only July 28 and that is the title of my post! But it’s the truth: in one week, Isabella returns to school, and me, just a day after. It seems to creep up earlier every year. Whatever happened to school starting in September and ending in June? Oh well, I guess [...]

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Karen on July 7th, 2009

We made another trek across the country this summer, but have agreed that we won’t be flying anywhere for a long time. As if all the restrictions (come on, do I really have to separate all of my toiletries??)  and extra fees ($15 per checked in bag, each way) are not enough of an inconvenience, [...]

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Karen on June 12th, 2009

Well, summer is in full gear at the Vittetoe household. Actually, we’ve been on break for two and a half weeks! It’s flying by too quickly, as always. The girls have already finished their first round of swim lessons for the summer. Since they changed the way they run their sessions–they are now two weeks [...]

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