When you’re snowed in, you have to get creative with your activities. Ane had Little Mo over to play (having a good buddy live in the same cul-de-sac is super convenient), and the girls had their nails done by me. Tad likes to build things.  This is a blaster, he tells me. And Rerun is [...]

All too soon, it was time to say good-bye to the Major, Q-Bee, and the B Squad. But not before the oldest four went out for some ice cream… The girls all had mint chocolate chip. Tad, my chocoholic, had… chocolate. And when we got back to the house, Q-Bee and the Major threw themselves [...]

Friday’s weather started off cloudy, and it did look a little like rain.  But I was pleased, because I knew that the cloudy weather would probably keep many people away from the zoo.  A number of school districts in the area had a teacher inservice day as well, so I was hoping that the zoo [...]

We made our annual pilgrimage to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium on Saturday to see the sharks.  It was “Shark Day” at the aquarium, and it was the weekend before Tad’s birthday.  Why not go?  Ane’s friend Lisa, her little brother T.J., and their parents met up with us there to make this a real [...]