The weather for this week off has really been lousy.  The kids have been unable to play outside because of the constant rain.  Yesterday was the first day that had any kind of promise… until lunchtime.  Then it started to hail. Both Ane and Tad were enjoying watching it come down thickly on the lawn […]

His first word, which had been percolating in his babble for a while, finally came distinctly out of his mouth on Sunday, March 13th. Rerun’s first word was “cookie.” Not “Mama,” not “Dada,” but “cookie.” So I tried really hard to work on “Mama” with him. His second word came out clear as a bell […]

Winner! Bronchitis is the official diagnosis! The doctor prescribed amoxicillin, albuterol, and then wrote us a prescription for a inhaler adapter to use with the albuterol. At which point Ane promptly freaked out. The antibiotic she could cope with.  But the idea of sucking in a medication to breathe in had her absolutely, and stubbornly, […]

Yesterday the sky cleared just enough to allow for a few hours’ worth of drying out.  The Webmaster took carpe diem as his motto for the day and as soon as we got home from church and ate lunch, he mowed the front yard and backyard, and got moss killer down on both lawns before […]