Family Life

Today was Parent Participation Day at swimming class. That meant I was in the water with the boys and their instructors, instead of up in the bleachers watching. Daniel and Joel wanted to know how I was going to divide my time between them. They’re in different classes, though at the same time and in [...]

Last weekend I attempted to make an igloo. It turned out more like a castle turret, but it was fun to build. In the intervening week we’ve had a partial thaw followed by more snow. The thaw melted most of the remaining snow in the back yard. There hadn’t been much left anyway, after building [...]

I took the Christmas tree down on Tuesday. It is now Friday. This afternoon Debbie showed the boys the time-lapse video of me dismantling the tree. I got home from work, we sat down to eat dinner, and Joel excitedly told me how he’d seen this video of me taking the Christmas tree down. Daniel’s [...]

My vacation is running out! That was this morning’s panic thought. Over a week ago Debbie had asked me what I wanted to do with my time off, so I’d made a list. Reviewing that list this morning, I realized I’d hardly even touched those things. In fact, I hadn’t even had time to catch [...]

Joel has to make sure he has all his “babies” when he goes to bed. These are his stuffed toys. There is a greater volume of stuffed toys in the bed than there is of Joel. First and foremost is Rabbit, his senior baby. Next are Rabbit’s deputies, Happy Feet (a penguin, of course) and [...]