Month: February 2016

Rusty’s 7

How did he get so grown up? Each day I’m amazed!  Rusty is very smart and very sweet.  He has enjoyed reading chapter books and plugs away at them until he finishes.  He celebrates!  He counts down to holidays and especially “Groundhog’s Day” (his way of not saying his birthday).  Rusty has a stillness about […]

Summing up January

January seemed to fly by – it could have been because of Puke Fest 2016.  All 5 boys down at once or at least really close to it!  There was lots of laundry, carpet cleaning, sofa washing, and vegging in front of the TV.  Here is a picture from the tail end, when we were […]

Ricky’s Science Fair

The 6th graders at Ricky’s school are required to enter the Science Fair in January.  We’ve known about it since early October and Ricky got to work almost right away.  We had actually decided what his project would be last summer when Kevin got a catnip plant – Ricky wanted to test the effects of […]

January Dates

Kevin and I try to date weekly but sometimes we need some company!  In January, Ricky and Billy joined us on a date to the Terrace Playhouse where we watched “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Kevin and I enjoy theater productions and this was our first time to this little local playhouse.  It wasn’t […]

A few January Moments

Kevin and I went bowling. We hadn’t been in at least a year.  I realized I like bowling the ball fast!  The faster the better!  My fast is probably really slow compared to pros, but I was bowling faster than Kevin!  heehee It totally paid off for me, too, since I got my first ever […]