Today’s Tale is from the Chronicle. Actually, this was the one that was supposed to post last Friday, but their web site was down… In any case, here it is! Key words for Searchers: Flatbread, pizza, snuggle, shrimp, Urban Flats  

[This is a tale that stretches my ability to improvise. Today’s tale is in the Chronicle, but their web site is currently down. Obviously, I can’t leave you guys with nothing but an excuse to carry you through the weekend, so… here goes.]  My productivity these days has taken a real hit. The problem, as […]

This past weekend, the kids went to a birthday party with J. When they returned, they had huge inflatable swords. The things were about four feet long – taller than either of the kids. We inflated them, of course, and had ourselves a battle. I was a Giant with a shield (pillow) and a rather scary […]

As I’ve mentioned before, we do a lot of singing here. It’s not always good singing, and we have developed a strong tradition of changing lyrics. For example, have you ever heard of the song “Frere Jacques”? Well, this is what I found C singing the other day: Where is Jacques?Where is Jacques?Door Ham Blue,Door Ham […]

Both of the boys love to perform. If you hand either one of them anything that looks even vaguely like a microphone, they’ll hold it up and start right in. Sometimes they sing. Sometimes they tell stories. But they always start out by imitating an announcer: “Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, and next we have…” […]

We had an interesting new chapter in the ongoing war of food a couple of weeks ago. It was dinner time and J had made chicken vindaloo on the grill. Or is that vindaloo chicken? I don’t know. In any case, while it was very tasty, neither of the boys were willing to try it. […]

Our battles to get our two year old to eat continue. It’s not, as I mentioned before, a problem where he doesn’t like to eat. It’s that he wants to be in charge during mealtimes. For example, often he’ll look at his meal and ask for something else. When he does this, he won’t eat […]

Despite our history, we still enjoy tapping on the table. In fact, lately I’ve been experimenting with the power of suggestion. This past Sunday, I was really hoping to take a nap. The weather was absolutely perfect for stretching out in the hammock and letting the world slip by. The boys, however, weren’t displaying even the […]

We have never used numbers when talking about going to the bathroom. I don’t know why. It just never happened. Our kids don’t know what “going number 1″ means. The other day at school our two year old told his teacher he had to go to the bathroom. She responded by asking him a question […]

Today’s Tale is in the Chronicle. Click Here to Read It!  I’m not a big fan of the title the Chronicle gave this tale, but it still works. Keywords: Walk, Toad, thumb,