Jennifer Briggs

This has been A Big Week. You may have read about some of these things in the news. The First Big Thing is that on Tuesday a short but intense thunderstorm ripped through Pittsburgh, uprooting trees, breaking parts of trees, ripping roofs off of some buildings, and taking out the power for approximately 325,000 people…. Read more »

Last Sunday morning we woke up in Florida, had our last amazing breakfast at our favorite restaurant, did our Easter hunt, and flew home. The next day Amy had school, much to her chagrin because that is how she always feels about school these days and this week was PSSA testing week. Sarah didn’t have… Read more »

Good morning from Florida. We are finishing our spring break where we have enjoyed epic breakfasts at Proinos Breakfast Club, midday snacks of ice cream sundaes in lieu of lunch, and dinners outside by the beach with live music as we watch the sun slip into the waves. We have been outside for breakfast too… Read more »

How is it that I can feel older, slower, and creakier than ever and still have times when I feel embarrassed that my inner petulant five year old is at the helm? Yesterday Sarah and I clashed over cleaning her aligners in the new cleaning device that I bought. I thought it was a great… Read more »

My attempts at swaying the universe with my willpower are spotty at best. Sometimes in our household you might hear Sarah grunting and groaning as she pretends to be Gerald the Elephant trying to dance, Daddy Pig mowing the lawn, a school teacher carrying a crocodile head for a costume, or Circle With A Line… Read more »

It’s not every day that I can make a person’s dream come true, but I was able to do just that.  After many long days at work, as Carl drifted off to sleep one night he thought he was surrounded by fancy cheese plates with gorgeous strawberries. He forced himself to open his eyes because… Read more »

It is only now that I’m less busy in a big way that I’m able to ask the girls to help load their dishes in the dishwasher or make their lunches. When I was feeling busy all the time, then it felt easier and faster to do everything myself. I’m embarrassed to only now be… Read more »

Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ Keep those dice rollin’ Hello Kitty! If you imagine the above words to the tune of “Rawhide” you can picture us singing that while playing Hello Kitty Bingo. That is something the girls and I did long ago when it was still a new and big thing to have Sarah play a… Read more »

Speech therapists help kids learn to talk and to play with tigers. If you didn’t already know that, Sarah has clarified it while waiting for her bus. That is her customary time of pretending to be a speech therapist. Apparently SLPs also help kids learn to play with speedometers. Sarah’s interest in watching videos of… Read more »

Would I like to spend an entire day hanging out with Amy? You bet I would! Last Sunday Amy and I spent the day together driving to Cleveland so she could meet Clawed Beauty, a person she follows on YouTube. We knew we would have close to three hours of driving each way, but we… Read more »