For some reason, perhaps because of Billy Blazes, the kids are fascinated by the idea of tornadoes. Unfortunately, they’re not quite able to say the word “tornado.” Instead, they say “tomato.” The other day they were playing outside, pouring water down the slide. Apparently, there was hot lava gushing down the slide, and they were […]

A lot of kids have imaginary friends. N, our two year old, for a while had an imaginary friend called “Kee-kee”. I hesitate to call Kee-kee an imaginary friend, however, because he was used primarily as an excuse. When N said something that got him in trouble, he’d say “No! I was talking to Kee-kee!”. […]

In one of the great ironies of life, our kids were given squirt guns as presents this past Easter. Since they’d never used squirt guns before, there was a bit of a learning curve. N, for example, kept wanting to pull the trigger with his thumb. In order to do this, he had to hold […]

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 […]

Last Sunday started out as pretty much the perfect day for us. After church, we hit a local park for a couple of hours. Then we met Nana and Grampa at a restaurant for a leisurely lunch. By the time we got home, we were all ready for naps. All of us except C, of […]

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…” […]

Today’s tale was in the Chronicle (last Friday): You can find it by clicking here. Keywords for Searchers: Sandfire Grill, banging, poke