Warsaw Tag

This little sweetie loves all living things. (Or stuffed things that represent living things.) Just this morning, I heard a loud "nom nom nom" at the dining room table. Her tiny plastic dinosaur had his face stuffed in her waffle. Every living being needs nourishment,...

23 April, 2015 /

This post contains a video that may not be visible in your email. When your driveway becomes a swamp every spring and fall (and occasionally during the winter warmups), rain boots become an imperative. And now that we've lived with this driveway for 2 1/2 years,...

06 April, 2015 /

On January 1, James declared that plunger-ing our toilet once and twice a day would not be welcome in the new year. So with YouTube in front of him and an elated wife behind, we marched off to Lowe's with confidence and determination. James has really upped...

15 January, 2015 /

When Corban and Jaeda choose to love each other, they oooooze it on, making sure I hear every second of it. On this day, Corban insisted that Jaeda wear only the finest of clothes--his. So she sported a large I am a big brother shirt for this babysitting day....

13 December, 2014 /

They were up and came down. They were raked all around. They've been jumped in and squished. And were covered in snow mush. Now they're gone, all gone. And all we have is brown lawn. ...

07 December, 2014 /

Goodbye, backyard picnics. Goodbye, long family hikes. Goodbye, warm river. Goodbye, mosquito bites. Goodbye, sidewalk chalk painting. Goodbye, cleaning out the van. Goodbye, scooter washing.  Goodbye, summer tan. (er, wait, those are just legs with bruises) And helloooooo, static electricity! ...

20 October, 2014 /

We eat donuts almost never. A sad state of affairs, I realized, that absolutely needed rectified. So how did we break the fast? With a Saturday morning family date? With a special reason to celebrate? Nope. This baby mama woke up one morning and said to...

30 August, 2014 /

Three weeks ago, we were in a parking lot when suddenly Corban cried out, "I see a plane!" Sure enough, there was a billboard advertising the upcoming airshow. We marked it on our calendars and counted it day by day by day by day by...

27 August, 2014 /

This bunch has tried to swim, oh, every other week or so. But by evening, it's been too cold, too rainy, or our schedules have clashed. A couple weeks ago, the afternoon was gorgeous, perfect swimming weather. So we made plans for swimming. And by...

26 August, 2014 /

We live two doors down from two of the sweetest girls. They have played hours and hours with our kids, riding/running/biking/scootering up and down our sidewalks, giving them our own local Aunt Hoopie and Aunt Abby (don't worry, Aunts; you haven't really been replaced). I've...

09 August, 2014 /
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