With the gym being prepped for Winter Carnival and the Winter Olympics going on, TK’s gym teacher thought it would be a good idea for the class to watch Miracle, the story of the 1980 Olympic US hockey team. When he told me this Monday, I immediately launched into a delirious fervor of patriotic fangirlishness, [...]

This morning was Breakfast with Dad day at SK’s school. They opened the kitchen a little early and students could bring their dads (or any other man important to their lives) and have bagels or oatmeal together before school started.
SK’s dad really did not want to go (though SK doesn’t know that). Not only is [...]

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I took this cellphone camera shot of the Short Kid on his way to school yesterday morning:

How do you make wearing a fake fur-lined, ear-flapped drunken Russian hat even more special? Wear it backwards! When I tell him he looks ridiculous, he lets me know [...]

SK had a fever last night, so he’s home today. My sister’s school had a ski day and she doesn’t ski, so she’s here. My husband decided not to go to work today. So, while TK went to school, I still have a full house. Just swapped a fourteen-year-old boy for a fourteen-year-old girl.
Yesterday we [...]

The Short Kid doesn’t have quite the plot-problemsolving savvy that the Tall Kid does, but he doesn’t like being left out of the action. What can he do? Try to convince me that Devlin Group needs a gun like this. (And maybe a cool camouflage wristband, too?)

He was a little disappointed when I very gently [...]

If you looked at the Christmas pictures I posted, you might remember that the Tall Kid showed up bright and early to open his gifts fully dressed, right down to the belt and that fastened top button.
And here he is eating his breakfast before school:

One note—thanks to crappy cellphone camera, it looks like he’s wearing [...]

What’s a diva dog to do when a cat’s hogging the blanket? Use her butt as a pillow.

I can’t believe Mini will be two next month. I don’t know if that makes her an “old dog” or not, but I don’t seem to be able to teach her a new trick.
I’d like to uncrate train her.
We crate-trained her for the obvious reason—makes housebreaking and sleeping schedules a lot easier. And, for a [...]

The other day, I posted a picture of SK in his favorite reading spot, perched on a dining room chair, which some of you thought looked a little uncomfortable.
Right now, TK’s upstairs, my husband’s at the computer desk and I’m taking up a couple feet of couch. That leaves a nice cushy recliner and several [...]

Everybody loves a reading spot. TK stretches out on his bed to read. The husband curls up in his recliner. I nest in the corner of the couch with my fleece blanket. SK? He perches on a kitchen chair.

What’s a little diva doggy to do when her Mommy’s lap is full?

Snuggle with Daddy.