It was unfortunate that we missed the full autumn colours – a bit of windy and rainy weather beat us there by just a couple of days – but it was still really nice there. Not so peaceful when you’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They did enjoy themselves on the fieldtrip, which involved a lot of walking through some very old forest (on the one freakin’ day that it rained this week) with a guy who’s studied trees for over twenty years, so we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, it’s an excellent fantasy movie with some big-name actors clearly having a lot of fun. It does, however, have a bunch of kissing, to which the girls give the classic kid response. Other than that, they thoroughly enjoyed it. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What am I Thankful for? Two Thanksgiving dinners every year! It’s just too bad that I can’t snag any leftovers from my mom’s, but the border can be twitchy about opened food for some reason. I don’t get it, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wooo, seven hundred! Anyway, the girls are a little pumped up about Halloween approaching, but I’m still clinging to summer and enjoying the nicer weather for as long as it lasts. That said, I guess I can’t really argue against[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How they lay things out is that they’ve got a spot for each grade’s teachers to hangout and meet students, but before the students can get to their current teachers, most of them stop and say hi to every single[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Would I ever pass up a chance to pull that line? Not likely! Some people are less appreciative of the humour than others, naturally, but I am able to rise above the philistines and ensure that the classics are maintained. […]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We first found The Villagers Restaurant years ago after a particularly wet and cold day at the Renfest and we’ve been going back every year since then. It’s a breakfast all day kind of place and we often go that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kia’s grown almost an inch and a half just over the summer; she thought that her dress had shrunk when she got ready for her first-day-back photo. Nope, you’re just growing like crazy. For our extended family that saw her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…