Dear Tad, Today you are TWELVE.  You are 12 years old on the 12th – this is your “golden birthday,” and you’ve already had so much birthday fun with your friends.  As frustrating as it was to try and get a hold of your school friends to try and invite them to your party yesterday, […]

Camp came to an end last Friday, and it was a very good experience for both boys. In the 25 days of camp, they… – went through 4 and a half bottles of spray sunscreen – went on 5 field trips – played 3 different sports (baseball, dodgeball, and kickball) – brought home dozens of […]

Day 1 out of camp… was not particularly successful.  Ane, at least, had a babysitting job and was then helping out at church.  The boys had nothing.  No camp, no therapy, no Xbox (weekends only in our house, even in summer). The day was broken up by a trip to Costco, and dinner with Friend […]

I can honestly say that while sending the boys to camp was a major commitment, it has also been really good for them. We are officially, as of today, two and a half weeks in, with two and a half weeks more to go. This was the scene in the car last Friday, when the […]