This is Thumper.  Thumper is both a ninja and hacker genius. Let’s leave aside that he stole the first-gen iPad from my room and ran off with it (it’s our only unlocked iPad because it’s so old).  That’s Ane’s room, and that’s Ane’s laptop that he is using to watch YouTube. Now, you might be […]

I am of the firm opinion that every kid needs to come home from school once in a while to find something freshly baked waiting for them. Recently, because I was out of eggs (how does that happen?  THE BOYS EAT LIKE THEY ARE EMPTY INSIDE), I made scones.  This particular recipe uses butter and […]

We arranged for a “playdate” (is it still a playdate when you’re 14?  I guess so) for Tad and a friend of his at a local park on Sunday afternoon.  Because it was such spectacular weather (and who knows how many more of these days we’ll have), I brought Rerun and Thumper along as well.  […]

It’s the first Friday of October!  Time to look down memory lane at Halloweens of years past. Oh my goodness, who are those tiny munchkins???  This is from 2007. Ane wanted to be a ballerina that year, and Tad wasn’t talking enough at the time to express a preference, and I found this costume in […]