Em,
This is so long over due it’s ridiculous, but I’ve committed to birthday letters and you will get one for your 6th birthday, damn it. Even if it is closer to your 18th, then 6th. Almost. Anyway, you deserve a birthday letter, and I would really be sad if I didn’t take the time to [...]

It has suddenly come to my attention that Em did not get a birthday letter due to a certain hurricane ripping through our little patch of the world. This is not the first birthday she has lost. Katrina came to play only days before her 3rd birthday. This got me thinking of a lovely little [...]

Dear Jack
Much like every other damn thing in my life right now, I’m late on your birthday letter. Yesterday you turned 7. Holy smokes, that was fast. I can hardly believe you will be baptized next year and therefore finally accountable. I’m looking forward to that long awaited nap, or eating bonbons all day. Hey [...]

Well sports fans it’s that time again. Yep, Jacob turns 17 today and I have to say this is one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. Almost up there with actually, physically letting him go.
Jacob,
Happy birthday! I can hardly believe you’re 17. I’m so glad they don’t let people have babies at 4, [...]

Em,

You are 5 today. Five! Holy Smokes how’d this happen. I am still barely recovering from you starting Kindergarten! Are you trying to kill me?

Currently, you love Dora, school, Barbie and never. shut. up. Ever. Even now as I am trying to type this you are grilling me about when you will be 16 and [...]

Jax,
Yesterday you turned 6 years old. Despite this fact, you have spent the day telling everyone that today is your birthday. When I corner you on it, you explain that your birthday is yesterday, today and tomorrow. Um, just because you’re birthday parties are carring on, doesn’t actually make it your birth-day.
No one can stretch [...]

It’s entirely possible that you turned four years old, three days ago, and It’s also entirely possible that I’m just now getting to your birthday letter. Hey, get off my back, I’ve been busy! And it’s not like I forgot to throw you a party or TWO. That’s what I thought, now where was I?
What’s [...]

Jack,
Hi buddy; can it really be that you are 5 years old? Are you sure you turned five yesterday? I’m so not sure how that happened! I know that parental units always say that, so I guess that was part obligation and part disbelief.
As usual, we kicked off the festivities with the preschool end-of-year / [...]