We seem to have discovered yet another unfortunate trait that Ane has inherited from me. The kid can’t even read yet, and she just had a nasty bout of carsickness on Saturday. Let me back up. Saturday evening, the Webmaster and I were debating – do we go out to dinner or not? We finally […]

In keeping with my desire to introduce my children to all of the same fun stuff I grew up with, I recently let Ane watch the 1982 movie version of Annie. To say that she loved it would be an understatement. It was one of my favorite movies when I was her age. When it […]

Ane bounced into our room this morning at 6 am (an hour before the Webmaster usually gets up) and hopped into our bed. She climbed over the Webmaster and shoved us both around to get a good spot in between us. Then she announced, “I have a bloody nose!” INSTANT awake. It was like taking […]

Don’t ask me why, but my Ojichan always referred to what Ane now calls “peep” and “poo-poo” as “shi-shi” and “umko”. I know that the Captain and Little Cousin’s Mommy will get a huge laugh out of remembering this. I have never been able to verify that they are proper Japanese terms or merely slang […]