Tonight at dinner, Patrick and I were playing 20 Questions with the boys. It was my turn to answer questions posited by Patrick and the boys as they tried to guess what was on my mind: Dick Dastardly (the villain from the Wacky Races cartoons; a favorite of a young Patrick and now of the…
Connor celebrated his seventh birthday on Friday. Friday morning Connor ran excitedly into our room, jumping on the bed with a big Good morning! Patrick responded with a Good morning, birthday boy! Do you feel different at seven? Yes, replied Connor, my FEET are FASTER and my LEGS are LONGER! They grew during the night!…
My boys are growing up. These days it’s all about LEGOS and Star Wars… so what better gift for our new nine-year-old than the LEGO STAR WARS Visual Dictionary?! See how much ALL THREE of the boys are enjoying it!
Ryan, Sarah and Connor with the signs they made to help bring Leya safely home. Leya ran away today! Ryan and I were preparing to leave Grandma’s house and in the effort to get the car loaded, the front door was left open just a fraction of a second too long – Leya ran out…
Ten minutes later…
It’s hard to believe just two hours earlier they were hitting each other with bike helmets, telling their friends to run away from each other, and locking each other out of the car! That’s brothers for you!