For the record, Thumper was always a water baby.  Here he is at one of Danny’s birthday parties (Danny nearly always has a swim party), when he was almost two years old. Yes, he has always loved the water this much – which is why it is so important that he gain some water safety […]

Thanks to Tad being at swim camp – and too exhausted for his regular lesson – a certain little somebody who loves the water got his very first swimming lesson this evening! Thumper got into the pool and began jumping for sheer joy and sensory overload – which put a smile on pretty much all […]

So, Ane is a working girl now.  She has her very first job, working as a swim instructor for swim camp at the pool – the same pool that she used to take swimming lessons at, and where the boys still attend.  She’s on the payroll, has taxes deducted, the whole works.  And she’s only […]

Moving right along on the Great Room Swap of 2019… After we took out the baseboard heater, we discovered that we needed a slightly different configuration of forced-air heater than we had previously purchased, if you will recall.  Well, new heater finally got shipped to the store, the Webmaster picked it up, and Great-Grandpa was […]