Today is the last day of school.  My bet is that Ane comes home crying, and Tad comes home asking for lunch. By next Monday, they will all be at each other’s throats. The boys got a head start on that two evenings ago, when Tad and Rerun got into a wrestling match/beat down that […]

Even though it was Father’s Day, not Mother’s Day, I snapped this picture of Obachan and Ane.  I am so grateful that they know and love each other. And yes, Ane is sprouting up right now.

We had a very low-key weekend.  We celebrated with Gichan and Great-Grandpa on Saturday.  The weather was cool and had been rainy, but it held off long enough for the kids to play outside – including Thumper. Then we had church in the morning as usual on Sunday – but I remembered to snap a […]

Ane has said, ever since he was born, that Thumper is her favorite brother.  (She always says that about each brother until they are old enough to get into her stuff.) They’ve both done some growing in a little over a year since that picture was taken, and he can get into her stuff now… […]