Archive for March, 2008

Good Friday

Friday, March 21st, 2008

We took the kids to an Easter program this afternoon at one of the area’s big churches. We were curious to see how the boys would behave, whether they’d be interested, bored, or what. Besides, Easter is an excellent time to focus on Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, and we saw it as an educational opportunity.
The [...]

Walk & Talk

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Micah is growing up. A little while ago he got the hang of proper crawling, and now he’s a speedy baby, zooming off with great haste to where he’s not supposed to be. The more he’s forbidden the faster he’ll go. It’s a manifestation of his contrary nature coupled with the new-found skill of locomotion. [...]

Nursery Rhyme

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Rub a dub dub
Three boys in the tub
And who do you think they be?
There’s Daniel and Joeley
And Micah the baby
Scrub them up, kids all three
Rub a dub dub
Who jumped in the tub?
And said “Please fill it up Mum”
‘Twas Daniel that said it
And laughed when declared it
Though it was just past one
Rub a dub dub
One boy’s [...]

Food Court Musical

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The geniuses at Improv Everywhere really surpassed themselves with their latest performance. You can read all about it on their web page here, and watch the video below (or directly at YouTube).
For our latest mission, 16 agents staged a spontaneous musical in the food court of a Los Angeles shopping mall. We used wireless microphones [...]

Line up in the cold

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I got up at five this morning, to go stand in line to register the boys for swimming lessons this spring. It was cold (-8