Tomorrow is Halloween!  I know this because the boys have been counting down the days.  And reminding me frequently about it. So I thought we would celebrate by remembering the last couple of years worth of costumes – ever since Thumper joined the team. Here’s 2013…. We had Batman and Superman, and Lilo and Stitch. […]

It was finally time to carve the pumpkins!  First, we had to clean them out. Thumper was not impressed with what his mother made him touch. Rerun was also squeamish, but at least gave it a shot… … right until he decided it was taking too long, so Mom should just do it.

Why do my kids always pick up on pop culture that started decades before they were born? At least Star Wars (Thumper), Batman (Tad), and Doctor Who (Ane) have all continued to stay current. But then Rerun spots my very retro hand-me-down Pac-Man T-shirt (which I inherited from Gichan at some point), and since he LOVES […]

This picture was taken a couple of weekends ago, but Rerun and Talli are an interesting pair. Emotionally, the 22 month old dog and the 5 1/2 year old boy are the same age.  Talli has a different relationship with each kid.  Ane liked her more when she was smaller – not the giant klutz […]