Early in the pandemic I was a Bob Jones Trail die hard. James was home and so I’d submit a request for leave and hit the trail as often as I could. But these days I’m only free in the early evening and so the next best thing is what…
We’re deep into season three of Cobra Kai and are loving every karate minute. Except yesterday when there was an exceptionally brutal scene of a cruel Cobra kid named Hawk breaking Dimitri’s arm. Jacob was profoundly disturbed by the violence and stomped off close to tears. I’m grateful he could appreciate…
Last week James told me our neighbor Ralph told him that the two ugliest trees on our road are right in front of a Biden sign. It was a well-timed dig and just about the funniest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Seriously, we’ve had two of the ugliest…
So Jacob’s been pretty set on studying computer science or computer engineering when he goes to college. I’m not sure the exact difference between these two, but I’m sure we’ll google it and get that checked off our list shortly. In any case, when he learned you can build your…
Twenty twenty will go down in history for oh so many reasons, one of which is… the END OF TOYS. Hard to believe so much joy could be sucked out of one single year. But it’s true. Ages 9 and 11 appear to be the final cusp of lusting after…
Recently Nate was like, “Remember when you thought I couldn’t feel pain?” And I was like, “Oh yeaaaaaaah…. remember that?” It was last summer. Right before I got my new car. I went through a phase where I noticed Nate wasn’t responding to pain like most kids. He could be bleeding and…
Sometimes I think that if the Rat Mobile had just held out a little longer, I could have had a kitchen instead of a car. Especially since my car is practically on blocks in the pandemic parking lot that is our driveway. Yeah… first world problems I know. But then…
Over the past week the unbearably smoky air has cleared, at least temporarily, and it’s beginning to feel like fall. On Monday, James drove home to Merced to help Nonna, Auntie Erin, and Uncle Brett move Papa into his new place. It’s an indescribably hard transition surrounded by, understandably, many emotions. James described…
Last night we’re driving home and Jacob points out the Christian’s Mattress Xpress. “I don’t understand. How can they be family-owned and operated since 1992 and they have like, five stores? How many people do they have in their family?” I love that you analyze these things.
Nate’s the kind of kid that doesn’t appear to be listening that intently, and yet, he is in fact soaking it all in. His teacher, Maestra Iron, noticed in kindergarten that she couldn’t tell if he was engaged, and yet he’d surprise her with his accurate responses to her questions…