Bambi VS Shamu
Today our budding 4th grader returned home from what according to all accounts was a banner start to the year. (Naturally the bar is set high considering that on her first day of 2nd grade…
Category: The Women Folk
The family that bounty hunts together. . .
It never ceases to amaze me how the sequence of events that lead up to the blog fodder are actually potential blog fodder as well. Distraught at the notion that his sisters received snail mail…
Pre-emptive Fail
So the oldest just turned 9 and thinks she turned 16. While waiting for dinner, all three were discussing how soon they would be teenagers. Already not a good sign. . . So in a…
Fashion Sensing a Disturbance in the Force
“Wow Emma!” the boy exclaimed. “You look just like Princess Leia Slave!” referring to Emma’s hair prep as they loaded into the car for school. “No I don’t. I look like Princess Leia ‘Sena-Nator’. Emma…
Things you hear at our house . . .
. . . and perhaps at yours, you tell me. Please. I mean it. I’d be glad to know mine aren’t the only 2 having these deep theological discussions. I’m not even sure what started…
Would you buy a used car from this face?
Tonight was not my favorite moment of the day. The time when I’m serving up food and receiving complaints instead of accolades from my children who apparently haven’t received enough lectures on the starving nations. Forgetting…
Dinner conversations that should be served.
Spencer: “Mmmm. This tastes good with the rats.” (The cold distorted the last word somewhat.) Dad: “What?” Spencer: “Mmmm. This tastes good with the rats.” Emma: “It’s not rats its rice.” Spencer: “That’s what I…
Is it just me?
So we take the kids to pick out their valentine’s day treats (that is, treats that they would purchase with their valentine’s day money from the grandparents). During a recent movie, my beloved wife informed…
Welcome Baby Ryan!
So I finally had to tell the Wii that Aunt Jen has been busy. Here is what she has been up to. . . Welcome to the new baby girl. Red Hair. . . who…
The big day.
So today was the big day. I remember standing in line with my Dad in the summer of 1977 to watch Star Wars. I don’t remember much about the actual movie at the time other…