It turned out to be an abnormally sunny weekend around here, with an even sunnier and warmer day predicted around these parts (don’t worry, we’re heading straight back into rain on Tuesday).  Saturday was brisk, but clear and sunny.  Which made for a great day to be at the zoo!  Thumper had been invited to […]

While Ane was away enjoying sunny Maui, her brothers were proving once again that they are hardy sons of the Pacific Northwest, and taking in the zoo with some friends of ours. Thumper’s speech therapist (and Tad’s former speech therapist) J. and her two kids, Drew and Littlelyn, joined us for some wet fun.  Emphasis […]

When Tad said it was snowing on Christmas Eve, none of us (we were at Grandma and Gichan’s house for our annual Christmas Eve dinner of pizza, so when I say “us,” there were a lot of “us”) believed him until we looked out the window. And then the freakout began, because it was actually […]

According to Tad, the only things missing in his life right now are a few inches of snow on the ground and a roaring fire. Which prompted Ane to say, “Do you remember the Christmas it snowed so much that we got stuck at the entrance to Grandma and Gichan’s cul-de-sac?” Why, yes I do. […]