Before we went back to school, we got to celebrate Danny’s 17th (!!!!! really!!!!) birthday at the pool! As you might guess, this party is always a hit with my kids. Tad got to chill in the hot tub, Rerun tried out the giant slide solo for the first time, and Thumper went down the […]

We haven’t had the New Year’s feast – the Oshogatsu meal – yet, so it really doesn’t feel quite like New Year’s yet.  We put it off until Saturday in order to accommodate some extenuating circumstances – and traffic. When I was reminding the boys of all the delicious foods that we will be having, […]

Those gift cards were burning a hole in Tad’s pocket, and LEGO released a new line of DC Comics minifigures in blind bags for the New Year. So off we went to the LEGO Store, and thanks to my one and only superpower (I have developed the skill of being able to feel through the […]

Happy New Year, everyone! This is how Tad decided to ring in the Roaring 20’s.  We had planned to let the kids stay up.  Thumper ditched us all at about 11 pm and tucked himself into bed (fortunately, he had already gotten his teeth brushed and his jammies on).  Rerun hung in there to watch […]