Month: August 2011

Ricky asked for a book by Susan Collins for his birthday.  It is called “Gregor the Overlander.”  He devoured it.  I’ve been reading it to Ricky and Billy at night and that wasn’t enough for him … Ricky read ahead and finished it last week. Today he got a trip to the book store for […]

A couple of weeks ago, Billy had the chance to attend a day camp at the Nature Center.  He remembered going last year with Kevin and was thrilled to get to go all by himself this year! While Billy was at camp, I took the other boys exploring around the Center. We saw some-what wild […]

Ricky turned seven in July.  How? We did a little celebrating on our Washington trip and then a bit more celebrating with our family here at home.  Lucky boy! We invited the family over for a backyard picnic.  Tommy was all about the food. The Angry Bird cake picks I’d used in Washington were recycled […]

This should be my final post about our trip to Washington.  And that is good since we’ve been home a month now! The boys enjoyed getting to know their cousins better.  Grant definitely helped them improve their Nintendo DS skills … There was a kickball game at one point.  My boys found other ways to […]

*  Rusty was his usual charming self during our reunion trip.  One evening, early in the week, Grandpa Brent said, “Hey, Dusty Rusty!”  And what does Rusty do?  He walked right over and kicked Grandpa Brent in the foot.  (Thankfully, Grandpa thought it was funny and not terribly rude!) *  We spent the night in […]