Year: 2010

I asked Ricky what Thanksgiving means to him and what he’s thankful for and this was his answer:   Thanksgiving means to me that the pilgrims came to America and got food from the Indians.  All the things I tell you I’m thankful for you are going to want to put on here! (think I blog […]

Part of our Halloween Party was a fun game involving oven mitts and M&Ms. Rusty finally wised up and just used his hands to pick up the M&Ms. We have good cats.  They take a lot from the boys without hissing or scratching or clawing.  Billy and Rusty found some cat toys the other day […]

This was our third annual leaf fight.  We invite the boys’ friends over (and their mom), rake up a big pile, and let them have at it.   As usual, it was a highly anticipated 15 minutes of laughing. We have no mercy on our friends … Tommy watched from a safe spot in the wagon.  […]

Rusty is 21 months old.  He likes puzzles. And he doesn’t need Poppy’s help to do them.  He has a pretty good hand on 24 piece inlaid puzzles.  Smaller ones he’s even better at.  I do occasionally have to put the puzzles away because Rusty enjoys dumping them, but not always at finishing them.  Not […]

I sometimes wonder when my kids will start remembering stuff.  You know, will Rusty be able to quote McLintock his entire life and not know why? Today Billy let me know how far back his memory goes.  We were talking about a possible trip to Grandpa Brent and Grandma Jeanne’s house.  Ricky asked where we […]