My deepest thanks and gratitude today go to our veterans – those who are still among us who we can thank for their service to our country. In our family, Oddball has been doing an extensive amount of genealogical research, and he’s been discovering veterans all up and down the family tree.  One of his […]

It’s been funny to learn what the kids prefer when it comes to candy. Ane loves sour candy and fruity candy – like Sourpatch Kids and Skittles.  However, she can’t eat either of those with braces (no sticky chewy stuff).  Good thing she can still eat her other favorites – peanut butter cups and Kit […]

Looking at Thumper lately, I’m realizing just HOW BIG he’s getting.  Mostly because when I’m not looking, he’s trying to get stuff off the kitchen counters.  And he can reach them.  If he stands on his tippy-toes, he’s able to reach anything within a couple inches of the edge. It makes me miss the days […]

Daddy and Thumper had a tickle fight, and Mommy took the pictures. It wasn’t really so much a “fight” as it was a “tickle attack.”  Daddy was the one doing all the tickling. The hand didn’t have to even be touching him for Thumper to start giggling madly. There’s nothing like a few tickles to […]