Burcusa Family Musings and Adventures

I thought my parents, who I'm sure were endlessly annoyed with my picky eating, would enjoy this gem from a couple minutes ago: Rose: ...

Last week Rose went to my parents' house while Mike was at a training for work. Of course we all had a fun time (I got a start on sortin...

Rose has always had the habit of twirling her hair as a self-soothing strategy, ever since she was a baby. We never discouraged it because w...

Last night we (me, Rose, Mike, Lucy and Mac) all watched the Packers get trounced by the Cardinals. I, of course, was cheering for ...

The other day Rose and I were eating breakfast together as Mike was carrying things outside to pack up his car in order to go fishing after ...

I love some of Rose's incorrect pronunciations! I still laugh when I think of the "do-si-do" (grocery store) and "muff-ma...

Sometimes when I get home from work, I am absolutely starving and just need a quick snack so I don't bite someone's head off before ...

The other day I was cutting up some peaches for breakfast, and Rose touched the outside of the peach and said "it has a blanket on it?...

The other night, as she was supposed to be falling asleep in bed, we heard Rose yelling out from her bedroom... R:   Mommy! Daddy!! Moooooo...

Now that she is 3 (and very clearly trying to make sense of the world, as in what is "right" and what is "wrong," and al...

Rose is starting to developing a pretty strong sense of right and wrong. Once she knows what our household "rule" is, she doesn...

Now that Rose's third birthday is only a few weeks ago, we've started talking more about it. Last night we had this conversation: ...

It just wouldn't be a complete week in the Burcusa household without another illness, right? Luckily this one was just a scare - on Wedn...

Rose has starting saying the sweetest things to me and Mike. The first two are definitely variations of things she has heard us say to her: ...

Today Rose found the little beauty mark / mole thing that I have behind my right arm, up by my armpit. (It's been awhile since I last wo...

First off, let me assure you that, to my great relief, Rose was in a MUCH better mood as of Friday evening. She must have just gotten up on...

After several days in the 30's, temps have been back in the single digits again. This morning on the way to "school" I said ...

Rose is talking more and more, and we're starting to have real conversations! As in, real give and take, and forward progress on a subje...

As Rose and I were walking home from school today. . . R: mommy,  guess what! S: what? R: I love you,  mommy! S: aw,  I love you too, Ro...

I'm still trying to figure out how to upload videos (blogger changed something a few months ago), so please let me know if these two wor...