Family Life

Debbie and I had come to a (mostly) unspoken agreement that the boys were too young to go trick or treating along our street. This afternoon people at work were rushing to get home early to dress their kids in their costumes, to go out hunting for candy. I smiled to myself because this wasn’t [...]

I took the boys out tonight to a local farm to pick out a pumpkin. There were stacks of pumpkins all beautifully arranged on hay bales inside an old barn. There were more stacks on wooden pallets outside. Oh, the fun! Climbing around the pumpkins. Walking around inside the barn. Talking a mile a minute. [...]

The temperature was in the mid 20s today, a beautiful, clear, sunny day (normal for this time of year is about 10

Fall swimming classes have started. We’d signed up Daniel and Joel, and last week was their first class. Joel (2) is in a beginner group that requires a parent in the pool for the first five classes. Daniel (3) was in that group last year, and Debbie went in the pool with him. This year [...]