A story published in the London Telegraph online brought me a smile this morning. The co-producer of this year’s Best Picture, The King’s Speech, Simon Egan, was celebrating the movie’s Academy Awards success at a Hollywood party with his 15-month-old daughter Lara in attendance. Another party guest let Lara hold the Oscar so folks could … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day friends! We enjoyed a special Valentine’s Day-themed Build and Grow project at Lowe’s last Saturday! My boys awakened this morning and were greeted with these little gifts for Valentine’s Day: They had asked for them for Christmas, but I’m glad we waited till now, I think that Valentine Puppy sure is cute! … Read more
Jacob has to complete a number of achievements to earn his “Wolf Badge” for Cub Scouts. Those with scouts know exactly what I mean here…and those who don’t have scouts, well, these are tasks associated with being healthy, honest, righteous, and all around good citizens. One of the achievement sub-tasks is to build a birdhouse … Read more
After some 3 years of trying, Jacob finally got the hang of riding his bike! He said that the hills in Nebraska made it really hard, and to be honest, he simply wasn’t as interested. But with only about 2 minutes of holding on, he took off with ease this morning! We are SO PROUD … Read more
Today I learned one of the impacts of a mid-school-year move. This afternoon I ventured out for the school supplies the boys need for their new school. Their first day is tomorrow. Dave brought home the school supply list last month after he registered the boys for their new school. Whoa! Not only was the … Read more
Jacob and Timmy wore their Halloween costumes to school today. It turns out Jacob and another classmate both happened to have “Luigi” costumes. In fact, I got a picture of the two of them! From 2010 10 29 Timmy Jacob Halloween Parade 2010 The boys had a good time with their Halloween parade at school, … Read more
This past weekend my oldest son turned 8. I had a great time working on his birthday cake. Since his 4th birthday, I’ve always taken on his cakes as a challenge each year, and this year was no exception. Jacob’s first soccer game was this past weekend also, so I thought it would be fun … Read more
Before I get going with my Colorado blog posts, I’m going to take a moment to discuss my feelings. “Really? You RARELY talk about your feelings….you fill this blog with things you’ve seen, things you’ve done, things you would like to do….” Yeah, I guess you’re right, my dear imaginary blogosphere friend. I think the … Read more
Jacob asked me to share this with you. Jacob thinks that Howie seems to perk up at the word “Rhino”…and he does. But I’m not sure it’s the word as much as the inflection in his voice. Jacob enjoys watching funny dog videos on You Tube. His favorite series of videos is of Mishka the … Read more
*Yes, you read that correctly! I introduced Kool-Aid to the kids recently. I guess they’d had it before at birthday parties and stuff, but I never made it for the boys the good old fashioned way: the little packet, 1 cup of sugar (give or take) and 2 quarts of water (give or take.) It … Read more