There were a lot of animals that gave us really good views – including some deer and their fawns that crossed the walking path in a wooded area, maybe twenty feet from us. Obviously, not what we went there looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m fully aware that I’ll be getting similar abuse next year, but I’ll still be comforted by the knowledge that Tim will always be older than I am. 😉 And you never know: Maybe Arwyn will have moved away from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The kids had a great time, as did the adults! We had a fire, roasted hotdogs (and made inappropriate jokes about doing so while the kids were off playing), had s’mores, and chilled out. The kids, on the other hand,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They brought it on themselves! I mean, they literally assigned me to be in charge of making puns; they really should know better than to encourage me. Not much else to say on this one, but that’s alright… you’ve already[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
National Ice Cream day needs more attention. It should also happen more than once a year. Once a month, maybe. Anyway, that said, I’d like to note that the connection between mini-golf and ice cream was actually fairly direct, which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Their son, as it happens, is the same age as Arwyn, but they were both so young that they don’t really have any memories of each other’s family. Their daughter is just a year older than Kia and they had[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, I’ve learned my lesson in regards to letting them shower before me. It doesn’t happen often – usually only on weekends and/or if I decide to get some yardwork done before I clean up – but if they get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A good time was had by all and there were no injuries of any kind. We also threw a football around for a while between dinner and dark, which was… Entertaining. We had to convince the girls that it wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh, the tragedy of it all! Well, what can I say – nostalgia can be a powerful thing, even for kids; happy memories are happy memories. Those books were used for a lot of bedtime stories over the years. As[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been HOT, but the girls are still enthusiastic about playing outside with their friends, which is great! Of course, that’s a lot more fun with water involved, plus it keeps them from over-heating, so it’s all good, even if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…