Who’s Who

Veronica Mitchell – A pseudonym chosen from an astronomer and a comic book, mixed up with childhood daydreams. I’m the mom and manager (God help us) of this outfit, typing with one hand (shift key, how I hate you) while nursing a baby or oofing while a climbing toddler knees me in the gut.

Az the Husband – That’s pronounced like “Oz” not “as.” He’s the blue-eyed, bearded grizzly bear of a daddy to three girls. His encyclopedic mind is stuffed full of facts and overflowing with opinions. You’ll often see his name here with epithets: Az the Terse, Az the Twinkling, Az the Despiser of All Double Negatives.

JellyBean – Our oldest daughter, now four years old. She’s got her daddy’s blue eyes and her grandma’s fierce energy, and demonstrates that sometimes the love of books is hereditary.

Sweetpea – She’s two years old and when she’s happy, her peaceful blue eyes will take your breath away. She throws many a tantrum, however, heaving herself headlong onto the floor and crying out contradictory demands which we fail to satisfy. Life is hard when you’re two.

PoppySeed – The baby, born in the spring of 2007. Too soon to know for sure on the eyes, but it looks like she’ll have mama’s brown ones. So far, she’s a pleasant, observant baby who loves to snuggle. We’re keeping fingers crossed.

Occasional extras:

Younger Sister – She has five kids and a compulsive love of real estate shopping. We talk to each other on the phone every day and she still reads the blog. She is the funniest person I know and she loves me.

Older Sister – Athlete extraordinaire, she competes in 100 mile bike races and could easily kick my butt if she weren’t a nice person.

Brother – Military man currently deployed in Afghanistan. I would love to tell you embarrassing childhood stories about him, but there are none. We believe he was a secret government experiment that sought to genetically engineer Very Responsible Forty-year-olds straight from the womb.

The Schwa – Secret superhero nickname of our pastor, who baptized PoppySeed and occasionally comes over to the house to study Hebrew with us. He specially requested this name, opining that it sounded like a character on The Tick, and when you are blessed with a pastor who appreciates The Tick, you thank God and don’t ask questions.