…we are driving along, with the boys arguing, and as we pass a fire station, Kevin says, “How about we pull over and leave you guys at the fire station. You can stay there and grow up to be firefighters.” Billy almost immediately bursts into tears and cries, “But then I wouldn’t get to be […]
Month: October 2011
In the kitchen
I was canning apples yesterday for future pies or crisp recipes. Ricky stood in awe as he watched me use the apple peeler/corer. He said, “Wow! The guy who made that was a GENIUS!” Compared to the TV he had just been watching or the Nintendo that he was about to ask to play, sure, […]
Self Hair Cut
Rusty got a great hair cut a couple of weeks ago. However, since he was crying and uncooperative, there are always a few long hairs that get away. Kevin likes to go after those hairs. He finds great joy in it, I believe. He will sit Rusty in front of the mirror, give him something […]
The DS
Last Easter, that Bunny brought me a Nintendo DS. That bunny was smart … since it was mine, I was in full control of how often and when it was played. Yeah, well … it didn’t even get opened until the end of June when we went on our road trip to Washington. Since then, […]
It's The Great Pumpkin
Due to a hostile grass, our garden consisted of a tomato plant and a pumpkin plant this year. We did get two nice pumpkins of our own, but my sister’s pumpkin patch is WAY cooler. Her husband, let’s call him Farmer John, grew a couple of really big pumpkins. Perhaps not state fair contenders, but […]