The Webmaster actually had the day off, so we headed to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium for the day!  This is the second year in a row we’ve done this – might have to become a tradition. Tad finally got to “pet” a shark in the touch tank.  It’s hard to make him understand what […]

I don’t know why it requires arm-twisting, when we are having such a streak of nice weather (even unseasonably warm for this time of winter), but while the Webmaster mowed the lawn, I pruned the hydrangea bush, Thumper napped, and Ane was running around with Little Mo (no arm-twisting required there), we finally got Tad […]

It’s Valentine Friday – the three older kids all have their parties at school today!  I did some counting, and it added up to 80 Valentines between the three of them.  That’s a lot of love and sugar being spread around! So I’m flashing back to Thumper’s first Valentine’s Day last year. He didn’t know […]

I only FEEL like I was hit by a truck.  I really wasn’t. What really happened was a case of mastitis, which feels like a case of sudden-onset flu.  Fortunately, my doctor’s office was very kind and called in a prescription for antibiotics, and the Webmaster took a day off to take care of me […]