Convincing the boys to go to the zoo on a rainy day is never a problem.  Convincing Ane, on the other hand… well, I just keep reminding her that this is normal weather.  If we stayed inside on rainy days, we’d never go anywhere!  Plus, it’s a day off school when so many others are […]

As we prepare for spring, Tad’s art class got one last snowman art project done. The first was a diptych, with two different perspectives on a snowman.  The kids drew with pen on styrofoam rectangles, pressing hard enough to create lines, and then a blue piece of paper was laid on top and white paint […]

Today, the cousins get on an airplane and fly away to their next home.  I don’t think Tad and Rerun have fully realized that their cousins are moving away.  But we did manage to get one last big group picture together. Little Cousin, Little Cowgirl, Little Hawk, and Baby Cousin – we’re going to miss […]

My little Valentines, three years ago. Rerun wanted those heart-shaped boxes of candy SO badly.  He had already eaten the chocolate (no chocolate for Thumper; he was too little), and the boys were just posing with the empty boxes. And now Thumper wears the shirt that Rerun is wearing in this picture!