Family Life

It’s a busy weekend. Debbie did the weekly grocery shop in the morning, with Joel. I stayed home and played with Daniel and Micah. Debbie took Daniel out to get his portrait in the afternoon. I stayed home and kept an eye on Joel and Micah. Debbie baked and decorated a cake in the evening. [...]

We had snow overnight, and it was a beautiful day. The boys went out to play, all bundled up in their snow suits. Not me. I was at work, thank goodness, safely tucked away in my nice warm, dry office. I’m not terribly fond of the outdoors, particularly when it’s cold. Tonight I went out [...]

I took the boys to their swimming lesson tonight, the first time for me this season. They started classes last week, but I was away in California and Debbie took them instead. It’s always a rush on a swimming night, urging the boys to hurry up and eat their dinner, packing a bag with towels, [...]

Daniel wants a Lightning McQueen birthday cake. Here’s a picture to remind you of the detail involved with decorating such a cake. I’ve been trying to convince Miss Perfectionist Debbie that it doesn’t have to be a faithful reproduction, that a rough approximation will do. But I might as well be talking to the cake [...]

We woke up to a cold house this morning. The furnace stopped working during the night, and it was a chilly 13