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For Love Of Cake

Monday, May 21st, 2012

We finally managed to have our dear friends Mr. R. and Mrs. K., and their kids Gracie and L., over for dinner this weekend.  Since we only get to see and feed them once or twice every couple of years, we go all out on the food.  So I made a favorite cake for dessert […]



The Other Fun Toy

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Before I dug the alphabet magnets out, I brought this out of the garage. You can never start learning typing skills too early. I thought this was the old, busted keyboard.  When the Webmaster got home that day, he told me that, no, this was a WORKING keyboard.  Apparently the old, busted one got tossed […]



Alphabet Soup

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

This was a gift from Auntie that was given to Tad.  We never felt comfortable about letting him use it without scattering the pieces everywhere or trying to eat them.  But I dug this out for Rerun, and he LOVES it. It keeps him occupied and out of his siblings’ hair.  I brought out all […]



The Tale of the Tooth and the Quarter

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Monday evening at dinner, Tad said to me, “Mama, my tooth is loose.” Well, his top two front teeth have been wiggly for some time, but that wasn’t the tooth he was referring to.  His bottom right lateral incisor was loose.  A couple of good yanks, and I had it out. This is always a […]