A new type of hero
The kids are all very proud of their uncle who is currently serving our country in the US Air Force. He was recently deployed, so we took the kids to the airport to see him…
Tag: The Girls
Questions, questions
5 minutes. 3 kids. Infinite question possibilities. Take for example the following questions, asked by the redhead. The format was: 1.) Ask question. 2.) Pause ever so briefly for the answer. When the answer is…
Career Day just doesn’t get any better than this. . .
“Dad, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?” the red-headed girl asked me during the pool-side chat. “What’s that dear?” “A vulcanologist!” she replied. “You want to study volcanoes?” I…
What the Pilgrims learned, revisionist version.
“That’s right buddy, the pilgrims learned to grow corn from the Indians.” “They did!?! What else did they grow?” “All sorts of things! They grew corn, wheat, beans and tabasco.” “They did!?! Wow!” “Yeah, except…
Wake up reversal
Some time between the early morning hour and the even earlier morning hour – you know, between when the alarm goes off the first time and the 30th time (curse you snooze button!!!) – the…
It’s the simple things. . .
“What a Fresh Morning!” said the red head, skipping along to get in the car before school.
Hope for creeps everywhere
This morning whilst creating one of my many breakfast specialties (point of order – all my recipes are either breakfast or dessert specialties…), my strawberry blonde daughter approached me holding her Strawberry Shortcake and Friends…