So, this group of five or six girls goes running out onto the field to talk to the woman who was coordinating the event and she is ALL in on it. She had a loudspeaker and called the teachers right[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not that being as tall as Mandy is much of a challenge, but given that Kia’s only twelve, I guess that it’s an accomplishment. 😉 Seeing how much the girls have grown over the course of the school year is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, Kia remains the queen of the non-sequitor. That aside, the girls did have a wonderful weekend and we happen to really enjoy hanging out with the two birthday-boys’ parents, so we had a great time, too. The movie “If”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, the ads were ridiculous, but listening to Arwyn gripe and grumble about “Another one?! Start the movie!” was actually amusing. Definitely worth seeing it on the big screen, though, since I’ve been a fan of the movie since I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arwyn has no patience for holidays and such, either; she just wanted to get it all done at once. And will do it again on Sunday, as well, of course. Anyway, twenty years of dealing with my sense of humour[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
She has a love-hate relationship with puns. Me? I have a love-love relationship with them, and I also love torturing my kids with puns. They’ll call out across the house to each other “Dad told a pun! Come help me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On days when we’re not pushing them – be they weekends, holidays, or whatever – they could be “working on” getting dressed for a good half-hour. “Almost” could mean anything from one sock on to one sock left to put[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, I was one of those few who were “oh, this is what ‘pitch black’ actually looks like – so cool!” In fact, I thought it was positively de-light-ful. 😀 Admittedly, I would’ve hated to have been one of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The eclipse was pretty cool to experience, though we did have the drama of a large cloud passing through during the few minutes right before its peak; it cleared just in time. We had the glasses, so the girls got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They each got a toy candy dispensers (like the coin operated kind) full of jelly beans, which apparently made it too much fun to dispense them. Once they were dispensed, of course, they HAD to be eaten before they went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…