Timmy received a Moon Sand set for his birthday from our friends, Julie and Doug and their kids Evan and Kate. Julie recently had her kids over to play and we broke out the Moon Sand — as we saw the 7% fall to the floor (read more about my estimated 5-7% Moon Sand loss … Read more
Have you ever received one of those forwarded e-mails about how “back in the day”, you could go outside to play and absolutely take off around the neighborhood and Mom and Dad trusted you to be safe, play nicely and be home by dinnertime? We received this flyer for a fund raiser today at church…one … Read more
Today is Timmy’s 3rd birthday. Today was Timmy’s 3rd birthday PARTY, too. In part because of all the wonderful parties we’ve been invited to, and in part because this is Timmy’s last birthday party while we’re living in North Carolina (sniff sniff), he had a pretty big shindig. From 2008 01 26 Ti… For Jacob, … Read more
Who thinks this might be a lazy thing to do? This is a first for me, making uniform thank you cards. But HOLY COW, thanks to Google Picasa and Walgreen’s, it’s quite easy to do. I was able to do everything while sitting on my ass at the computer…and the next time I swung past … Read more
My boys love Moon Sand. I’m not Moon Sand’s biggest fan, but I’m willing to accept the risk for the sake of happy kids who are exercising their creative muscles and (above all) are sitting still being good. I suggested to Grammy Vollmer that Timmy receive a Moon Sand play set for Christmas and she … Read more
From 2007 12 15 Po… Enjoy this picture from the holiday portrait session my boys and my nephews did together back in December. Imagine how tough it is to get 5 little boys to cooperate for the camera, so even though my sister’s youngest wasn’t quite looking at the camera, they were all posing well … Read more
As part of my role as the family cheapskate, Dave cuts his own hair and I cut the boys’ hair. If anything, it allows me to afford my $42/each haircuts every 6 weeks. So tonight was haircut night for my two little ones. I do it right before bathtime so they can go straight into … Read more
On Thursday night, Dave and Timmy performed in a pre-opening celebration — for the big donors — for the new Apex Performing Arts Center. Timmy is the smallest boy performing (white shirt & black pants — he turns and looks at the audience just before they start dancing), while Dave is in black and white … Read more
Enjoy! This was from about the same time as the picture from earlier this month.