2021 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 14 – Time to Shine!
Look at this happy kid! Tonight was Christopher’s Christmas program at school that he’s been looking forward to for weeks. Seriously, we’ve be...
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2021 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 8 – Old Enough to Snoop…
So apparently the kids have figured out where we keep their Christmas presents. Granted, it’s not really much of a hiding place as it is a giant stack of ...
Mini-Games
Very much on a whim, I found myself ordering one of the Super Mario Bros Game & Watch handhelds. I honestly wasn’t really swayed last fall when this w...
Coronavirus, Day 161 – The Last Day Before the First Day of School
So here we are, I guess. Five months ago we were averaging 25% of the daily cases that we’re seeing today and in-person classes came to a halt, replaced b...
Coronavirus, Day 32 – How are the Kids Doing?
Given how much stress the rest of us are under trying to juggle life under this bizarre pandemic, I think it’s easy to overlook the impact it has on the l...
Mini-Me Mario Kart
Today ended up turning into kind of a disappointing day, so instead of writing about that I thought I’d share something a little more fun… The last ...
movie thoughts … The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Today Christopher and I went to see the new Lego movie in the theater, and we both really liked it! I was a little nervous because the last couple of movies we ...
Toddler Minded Nipping Turtle
Story Time! David and Christopher have been growing this expanding foam turtle for a couple of weeks now. It’s the kind that starts out super tiny and the...
2018 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 24 – Putting the Band Back Together…
I definitely get attached to things, but at the same time I try to remind myself that toys are made to be played with and that sometimes they’re going to ...
2018 Holiday Advent Blog – Day 18 – You’d Better Watch Out…
Just some food for thought…