Poor Thumper.  All that vacation time, and then back to school.  When the bus pulled up today, the boy was unconscious. I picked him up, carried him inside, and his eyes stayed shut. He slept for almost 2 full hours on the couch.  His sister and brothers came home, and he kept on sleeping. Poor […]

More important than the food… … and boy, was there a LOT of food… … is the family you get to spend time with on New Year’s Day. Even if the littlest one could barely stay still for the picture. And just because everyone else who was in the next picture was also at New […]

We rang out the old year in style. Then we went outside (made the boys change out of costume first, and bundle up) and lit off a few sparklers once it was 9 pm (midnight on the East Coast). Not exactly a wild and crazy party, but hey, the kids had fun!