I’ll admit, it’s more than a bit painful right now.  Or, in Tad’s words, “Why can’t we win???” Two funny things that were heard during last night’s game: Rerun: (sees a ballgirl on screen) “I found Auntie!”  I really can’t blame him – she was a ballgirl for most of his life (four years out […]

Spring break is best spent with friends.  So we started off with a jump night at our local trampoline/play place, Elevated Sportz, with Danny and John, and then took properly exercised kids to Menchie’s. It is VERY important to wear kids out at bedtime over spring break.

This is how it looks in Grandma and Gichan’s backyard right now… The cherry blossoms are out. The apple blossoms are budding and blooming. And there is a little boy in shorts and sandals on a swing. And I picked several stalks of rhubarb in their yard yesterday and turned it into a crisp. It’s […]

We are having 80 degree weather.  In early APRIL.  However, it’s been such a wet wet wet fall and winter that this sudden burst of warmth is very welcome and lots of fun. However, everything is quite green and growing, so no sprinklers are needed.  Which is too bad, because Tad and Thumper are dying […]