Hard to believe we’re already in the last week of summer vacay. Last Friday I was invited to a final family Y camp barbecue at Meadow Park. Reminder for next year: Bring our own barbecue if we want to eat at lunchtime. Or eat. So we’re sitting in the shade…
In the not so distant past, I remember spending many a weekend lamenting my new hobby I called “clothes management.” It was the perpetual task of sorting and piling and checking miniature tags and realizing there were no tags because someone had been whining and pulling at the back of…
This town seems to have a lot of identical twins. Everybody loves twins, right? There’s just something so mysterious and intriguing about two people that look exactly the same. We have our twin neighbors who are straight out of Sweet Valley High, even though they’re still just eight. One of…
It’s been awhile since I’ve provided an update on the puppies… or the poopies as I like to call them. Several stories come to mind, but I can hardly remember them as I’m still recovering from Friday’s sleep deprivation. It started Friday morning as all sicknesses, mysterious rashes and injuries are…
I’m certain I’ve mentioned the amount of quizzing that takes place around this place, but I’m not entirely sure people really appreciate how much I’m constantly being tested. Not just my patience, but primarily my knowledge of weird animal facts, planets, my ability to add and multiply long strings of random…
A few weeks ago we were leaving Target at the same time as a man and his two daughters. The guy turns to me as we cross the parking lot and comments appreciatively as my children both center-splits hurdle the enormous red spheres in front of every Targét. His girls seemed…
This year we had two perfect parental party days. Mother’s Day was likely the bathtub store’s most profitable day on record. The shop girls recognized the entrance of three quarters of my family as sales jackpot material. The boys departed with a giant floral box stuffed with all kinds of awesomeness. …
My dear, dear JJ, Please forgive the delay… I seem to be running about one year behind on just about everything. Luckily this blog isn’t quite that delayed. You’re nine and a quarter… which means I’m still well ahead of your Platform 9 3/4 t-shirt. It just completely blows my…
This weekend we had a bit of an “incident” in our front yard… but let’s take a step back. Or a hop back if you will. When I was a kid there was a time when we had bunnies. My brother and I spent hours in the barn whipping-up Top Chef…
I’ve done my best not to memorize the anniversaries over the last 18 months. Well, maybe it’s one part trying and one part not really being able to catch-up. I’ve come to accept that I’m running about one year behind. There’ve been parts where the days are glacial, and others…