My dad is…
I thought the Preschooler’s drawing of our family from Tuesday was going to be the “arts and crafts” highlight of the week. But, that all changed when I went to pick her up yesterday and saw this treasure she created for Father’s Day…
I thought the Preschooler’s drawing of our family from Tuesday was going to be the “arts and crafts” highlight of the week. But, that all changed when I went to pick her up yesterday and saw this treasure she created for Father’s Day…
Despite buckets of rain, we celebrated the 4th of July by attending a local parade. Fortunately, it only misted the whole time because there was candy and other novelties to be collected. It was the first time we had ever seen Delta Airlines represented in a parade. Their truck was handing out tiny bags of…
Oh, Tennessee. How I don’t understand your weather patterns. When the temperature hit seventy degrees one afternoon last week, all our Playmobil people made a mad dash for their outdoor pool. But yesterday I looked outside onto the back porch to discover this unfortunate scene… That’s snow on the slide and the stairs. Apparently the…
Fairly routinely the girls like to stir up conversations about mine or the Spouse’s childhood. It amuses them to think about what it was like growing up in the days before smartphones, iPads, and on-demand television. So, last week I was talking to them about how my early childhood TV was a huge piece of…
The Spouse and I don’t go to movies much these days. In fact, I think we might average about one a year {unless you factor in movies like Winnie the Pooh, and I don’t really think those 68 minutes of animation with little people on our lap making running commentary the whole time should count}….
As we were driving down the interstate yesterday, the Preschooler asked this pressing question: “Is God allergic to anything?” You know what? At this point in the summer when the days are long and the heat index is reaching the triple digits by noon, I’m not really on my A-game with fielding questions of this sort….
The other day I was driving around while the girls were listening to a CD we have in the car with kids’ camp songs. I’ve noticed lately that they are both intently soaking up the lyrics, trying to understand and relate to each song as they hear it. Right now, they especially like the catchy…