To Tide You Over
As you can guess by this photo, we have had a very, very busy day today.Thus, we are all walking zombies and heading for bed!
If I am tearing up now, I am going to be a blubbering idiot soon.
Today is Declan's last day at his current school. On the way in, I said, "So, remember, today is your last day! Then next week you are home with mommy and daddy... then the week after, you start your new school." To which I got…
Birthday Present (One Week Early)
Bryan found a kick-butt, perfect-size, reasonably-priced pool table on Craig's List... and he and Jeff picked it up tonight. After some grunting and sweating, it fit perfectly into the garage - which I predict will totally become the new favorite meeting place for all our…
My best friend is famous!
On a lark, Danielle went and tried out to be the new face of Northfield - Stapleton's humongous new shopping center that opens in October. And of the thousands who tried out - she and 4 other people were chosen! I'm am not surprised seeing…
How a beginning reader and a weirdo adult communicate.
On the way home from dinner tonight, we passed the Fox TV station.Declan: F-O-X. That spells fox! That must be a toy store. They sell toy foxes there.Bryan: Very good reading! But that actually is a TV station. The Fox News station.Declan: No, it's not.…
Happy Birthday to Uncle Bill & Jeff!
Yes, yet again - two people I adore share a birthday.This time, the celebratory wishes go out to, first, Uncle Bill! Bill is a smart, generous - and if you aren't careful - he'll catch you with his wicked sense of humor. We eventually had…
A highly effective way to get your kid to pick up after themselves.
"That's fine if you want to leave those toys on the floor. I'll just gather whatever is there and give them all away to other kids."