Christmas Wishes
The girls asked “How does Santa know what I want for Christmas?” We told them for little kids like Lauren it’s just a matter of wishing for what you want and Santa will know. Lauren then proceeded to point to everything in the catalog with her little finger and wish for it. Uh-oh. Obviously there […]
FedEx Christmas
They ran over our sign with our street address. Couldn’t be fixed. Had to be replaced and fast, so all the deliveries would get here. Not really what I needed this holiday season. Not something anyone wants anytime. Now it’s replaced and it’s business as usual. Carry on. – b
Two Sick
Lauren and I both have (very) runny noses. The two of us skipped Jiu Jitsu last night and filled the trashcan with spent tissues. At least I was able to sleep. She woke up in a fit. Gave her some medicine and put her back to bed. Hopefully it doesn’t get worse. Hopefully it’s short […]
Lauren’s Five
Had Lauren’s birthday party last weekend. We decided (with Lauren’s approval of course) to have a small family party now, then a larger kid party later when the weather is nicer. As you can see she decided to dress up for her party. To which she continually reminded us that she was the moth queen […]
Belt Promotions
Both Abigail and Jen updated their Jiu Jitsu status this week. Abigail was promoted to grey/white belt and Jen got a stripe. The basic jist (at least at our school) is that you’re tested 4 times a year for a stripe. After 4 stripes you qualify for a belt upgrade (depending on belt color). You […]
It’s All Falling Apart
The pool (and everything else around here for that matter) is really starting to show its age. For the most part things were just looking old and ratty. Now they’re starting to literally fall apart. Of course to fix is both big money and big time. Neither of which we really have. In the meantime […]
Ear Update
It looks like we can save the earring. Routine cleanings, antibiotics and boiling the earrings have quite possibly done the trick. – b
Despite the Broken Stand
We got the tree up and mostly decorated by the girls. Notice how the majority of the decorations stop at a certain height? With the girls doing the heavy lifting in regards to the decorating, Jen was able to cook up this nice fat leg of lamb. Yummmm. – b
Climbing Buddies
Decided to start taking the girls with me to the climbing gym on Monday nights. The plan is/was to take one each Monday, so they’d trade every other Monday. The first Monday was Lauren. She was a climbing machine. Dad, I want to do this route, that route, and that route over there for an […]
Firestarter
Abigail lit a cotton ball using flint and steel. I’d say she was mildly impressed with herself. Not nearly as impressed as she was (and rightly so) with her wooden grill that she constructed. Though now that I see again, we should have stacked it up on top of the fire pit to see how […]