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…
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…