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Birthday Week!

Monday, August 10th, 2015

It’s a crazy week here at the Corner Haus – it’s Tad’s birthday week! We already started celebrating last Thursday, with a last-minute dinner run to Red Robin, where Tad scored a sundae. Meanwhile, Thumper’s ongoing love affair with campfire sauce continues. We will be celebrating Tad all week long, and he has been counting […]



Flashback Friday

Friday, August 7th, 2015

I can hardly believe that Tad’s birthday is coming up just next week.  And it will NOT be a Batman birthday.  That is a minor miracle in itself – and I was out of DIY ideas for Batman birthday cakes. Besides, I can never top last year’s cupcake mural cake. This year’s theme?  Big Hero […]



The Summer Cooling

Thursday, August 6th, 2015

After another week of high temperatures for around here, the clouds, wind, and rain have all made a comeback. And we all sighed with relief – except Ane.  She is worried about the weather for this weekend.  Saturday is THE day – the day she has been waiting for since her birthday last year. The […]



Getting Wet

Wednesday, August 5th, 2015

Summertime is standing in the neighbor’s sprinkler and enjoying the water. Sometimes, you can enjoy it a little too much. Thumper got to shivering so much (the evening was windy) that I had to wrap him up in a big towel before fetching one for Tad, too.  Silly boys.