This is still one of my most favorite pictures that I ever took of the kids.  It hung on the wall for far longer than it should have.  It came to mind because of the Independence Day holiday. It was still up on the wall when Thumper was a couple of years old, that’s how […]

While the brothers are away, Thumper will play. On the escalator. Or, as he calls it, the “uppy-down.” We have restarted our tradition of stopping at the University Village QFC after dropping the boys off at camp, getting a doughnut, and then riding the escalator up… and then walking down the stairs.  They only have […]

So, we got bored and decided to have all the windows replaced.  Well, that’s not really how it happened, but it is happening. The slightly longer version of the story is that while we were waiting for the subcontractors (plumbing and electrical) to make time in their schedules for us, we were busy admiring how […]

This is a week old, but too adorable not to post. Someone went to bed on the Fourth, but didn’t like all the loud booms still happening outside.  When I finally chased Tad to bed, I found Thumper like this. Poor little guy.  He lights the look of fireworks, but not the sound of them […]