New Year's Day lunch at Soho.
Last day of 2011.
Terry's big birthday milestone.
September's a busy month in our house.
Found on my hard drive...
Some boating & swimming on a very hot summer's Saturday.
Having taken her out the day before for some mani/pedis and a little birthday dress shopping, Hope's only real request for her birthday were my espresso cupcakes and lunch at Soho.
We spent a couple of very short days in and around the Chicago area with family.
Random shots from a trip to and from Wilmington.
A little pre-breakfast shots of my oldest geeking out in a 3D graphics program.
A box of chalk and a lot of imagination.
Cool salads, fake mustachio, making things, fluffy white clouds on a blue sky and trips to the library.
Waiting for the bus.
Belated birthday party for the 14 year-old.
Photos up to Friday of our vacation.
An Americanized St. Patrick's day tradition.
In remembrance of my father, and some of his brighter and happier last days.
An adventure out and about Cincinnati, while the weather was still warm.
A few photos from her fifteenth birthday.
Photos taken on a snowy Sunday afternoon.
A trip to the top of Carew Tower.
Run for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
The photo above is Emma, curled up on my Aunt’s lap in my father’s reclining armchair, taken in February of 2007. She’d come over with my Aunt Liz to stay with me and the girls to see how we were doing with all the stress and sadness of Dad’s illness....
Homemade costumes rock out.
An hour spent at the zoo.
Part 2 of the birthday celebration.
Scanned photos of baby Em.
A very low-key birthday.
The whirlwind birthday party.
Em and her violin.
Summer vacation has ended.
Sometimes fettucini is that good.
In the car, on the Wii...
Portraits of the children growing up.
Playing with wee little kittens at a friend's house.
You'd be surprised what kind of information your kid is dishing out to his/her teacher and friends at school.
A series of found photos in which my children imitate hovercraft.
A conversation with my youngest circa 2003.
Archived photos of the girls from 2004-2005 that I found floating around on a fragile disc.
Cultivating my daughter's appetite for creating art.
A hippo birdie to the sweet girl on her special day.
A very hot, very relaxing, very perfect 4th.
A warm pre-4th Saturday spent next to the beach in Wauconda.
The yearly trip to Chicago begins.
A milestone I wish we were sharing together.
First me, and now my girls. Welcome to the "normal" life of split families.
This post is not for the faint of heart.