So it seems that my children get some quirks from me and Ethan demonstrated one of those rather enthusiastically at lunch yesterday. We were having a little BBQ birthday celebration for my brother and had a jar of pickles out on the table. Ethan has tasted it before this but yesterday he got a straw [...]
Our second trip to the Lake had some more great fishing weather. With little wind it was easy to row out to the deeper water and do some fishing with the boys. Last trip Ben was scared of the row boat. We got him in once, but he did not like the rocking motion. This [...]
We just got back from another lake vacation visiting Grandma Penguin, this time it was a week long! The weather was pretty good and lots of time was spent on the little beach. The kids work on building a sand drip castle for the “ants” and building a wall to protect them from the waves. [...]
Digital cameras have made photography so easy that now everyone has thousands of photos of their kids that they can share with everyone. Let’s not forget our old family photos. Over the last few years I’ve been slowly scanning hundreds of old photos. I’m getting great results using my current scanner, a Canon Pixma all [...]
I didn’t get much feedback on how to improve the blog so I had to actually think myself! I realized that there are so many “mom blogs” and some dad ones but maybe not so many “MOM AND DAD BLOGS”. Thats basically what we have been doing but I think we should try to emphasize [...]
Dirt is good for kids! Right? This hole will someday be one of the cement footings for our pool deck but who knew it would be responsible for one of my favorite pictures of the summer! Thanks John for being my DIY guy, you’re doing a great job.
They can be such sweet big brothers (sometimes). But I won’t have to worry about Jamie being a wimpy girl with 2 big brothers to push her around. I LOVE having 3 kids! I think 4 will be the magic number though (FYI: its not in the works yet). Wonder what kind of swing pictures [...]
Over the summer I discovered a new show that we really love, Ninja Warrior on G4TV. Unfortunately, G4 is geared towards gamers, AKA teenage boys, so the commercials are definitely not kid friendly making this a TiVo only recommendation. Ninja Warrior is a Japanese show where 100 contestants try to complete 4 stages of an [...]
Why do I even bring a bucket for the kid? The blueberry farm is going to ban us. He was pooping blue for days!
Who needs to buy Aveeno when you can just let a 13 month old feed herself oatmeal? Jamie was actually eating quite nicely with the spoon until she wore the bowl as a hat. She just looked at me and smiled while holding the bowl upside down with both hands. If only my camera were [...]
