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Holy moly, time simply flies when kids get older and their needs change and their activity lists grow.Last week, we took the whole family down for a trip to Portland for Darsie's one year fo… Read More

From Tiny to Mighty!!! Happy 8th birthday, Darsie!This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2… Read More

Darsie will be going into the second grade in September and one of her areas of struggle is organization of her things. So, with a little crafting, I sewed up this pencil pouch JUST for her… Read More

On Monday, we headed to Shriner's in Portland again for Darsie's cast to get taken off. The cast came off with no problem but there was a "button" on the bottom of her foot that had to be re… Read More

Yesterday, we trekked down to Portland with Darsie for her second visit with the fantastic staff at Shriners Hospital, Portland.Our first stop was with George, the orthotist that Darsie pick… Read More

Wow, six months since my last post? Just a little ridiculous, huh?Darsie has been up to so much since then, but mainly starting first grade! It has definitely had its trials and tribulations… Read More

The girls are sporting new hair these days, but this is a somewhat recent photo.Yesterday I met with the therapists and principal at Darsie's school and had her annual IEP meeting. According… Read More

I know I'm about a gazillion years late on tons of things but I just wanted to check in and update everyone on Darsie's latest round of Botox and serial casting. It has been very successful… Read More

Darsie is now sporting a purple serial cast. Her PT put it on last Friday and this week it will be removed and we'll see how she has progressed. With her other rounds of serial casting post… Read More

An update to the recent placard post I wrote is that I talked about it with Darsie and she is VERY opposed to it for some reason. I don't know if she has been hearing things at school (she s… Read More

First off, I wanted to thank everyone for your thoughts and recommendations on my last post about Darsie and making friends. We've made some great strides in the last week and hopefully it w… Read More

I love that the internet brings together people of all experiences, lives, and circumstances into one big mosh pit of vegetable soup. And boy, oh, boy, do I need that mosh pit right now. Thi… Read More

Darsie loves kindergarten. She goes to our local public school and it is a great place. The principal is fantastic, the kids seem happy. But I have a big problem with it which I didn't see a… Read More

Egads, life gets crazy and the blog gets super dusty. But, I figure I can update at least every six months or so, I hope!Anyways.....Darsie started kindergarten and has been doing fairly wel… Read More

Monday found us at the PT to get Darsie serial casted (third time, round one). In bad news, there was still some tightness in her foot, but in good news, her PT felt that it was mainly soft… Read More

Oh my goodness, how has a month flown by? I'm just not getting into a rhythm this summer and time is seriously slipping by like crazy. Seriously, how are we in JULY. MID-July at that???Anywa… Read More

Well, it is true. Darsie really IS going to kindergarten next year (not that I had any doubts, but you know). We went to her IEP meeting yesterday and she has made soooo much progress this p… Read More

There is an official kindergartner in the house. Holy Moly. I have the official meeting next week but developmental preschool ended yesterday.Per Darsie's request, we celebrated at McDonald'… Read More

I'm hiding in the office pounding circus animal cookies like never seen before while I listen to my girls play in their room and keeping an eye out for Darsie's bus. Anyways, Darsie took her… Read More

Yesterday, Elise took a big bite out of a jalapeno and then rubbed it in her eyes.Today, I've caught her sneaking mini Oreos a handful of times.Darsie soaked her tshirt just as the bus was c… Read More

This poor little blog has been gathering dust as life has seriously been hurtling by, faster than ever.I registered Darsie for kindergarten today.I can't believe that my teeny tiny 1lb. 12oz… Read More

On the 31st of August 1913, American photographer Helen Levitt was born in Brooklyn, New York. Alongside Berenice Abbott and Ruth Orkin, Levitt tried to document the changing life of New Yor… Read More

‘A Bad Penny Always Turns Up’ Meaning ‘A bad penny always turns up’ means someone might visit you uninvited at the last minute. It is an old English proverb and a com… Read More

Renato Darsie (R), Chairman of the Italy – Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in Veneto, presents the right to use the Vietnamese cultural centre to a representative of Vietnamese… Read More

The facade of the Jewish Museum in New York City. Photo courtesy of David Herszenson  New York’s Jewish Museum unionized workers ratified their first contract. In the domain of c… Read More