Football is SO over.  Time to think about spring…. and BASEBALL!!! The Mariners had their annual FanFest this last weekend, and we were ready! The older three kids and the Webmaster got to go toss the ball on the field again… … while Thumper and I watched interviews on the big screen. The day was […]

The rain has returned with a vengeance around here – so much so that Tad complained that we had “missed” winter because the weather was “just” rainy. What he wants is what we had a year ago – some snow to play in! I always say this – if I could just keep snow in […]

First, Ane sweet-talked the Webmaster into buying her a Santa hat.  (Because Daddy is a sucker for his little girl who is NOT LITTLE ANYMORE.) Well, within a few days of her getting a Santa hat, the older boys were demanding them, too.  Fortunately, they were still on sale.  Now everyone is happy. But before […]

On Friday, the kids woke up to three inches of snow and a day off of school!  The boys barely stopped to eat breakfast, but I insisted that they had to.  Mostly because I had to scrounge up enough cold weather/water resistant gear to send them outside. Eventually, the boys had coats, hats, boots, scarves […]