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Bedtime Stories

Monday, November 29th, 2010

When Ane was about 14 or 15 months old, we started reading Goodnight Moon to her at bedtime.  It was the first book that we ever read seriously to her, and we must have read it for a month solid before trying another book.  It became one of her favorites. Now, as an almost-seven-year-old, Ane […]



Ane Speaks – Movie Confusion

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Occasionally, the Webmaster will be flipping around channels and hit upon a “safe” part of a more “grown-up” movie and insist on watching a bit of it… because it’s “safe” for that moment. A few nights ago, he found “The Fugitive” and decided to watch it for a bit. Ane took one look at the […]



The movie critic

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

I had promised Ane that once we had read all the Ramona books, we would go see the new movie.  Well, we finished Ramona’s World right around Tad’s birthday, and she has been waiting to see the movie ever since.  On Sunday afternoon, the Webmaster watched the boys while Ane and I went to the […]



Tad celebrates Shark Week

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Thanks to Gymboree, he can pretty much wear a different shark shirt every single day this week to celebrate. Ane is point-blank sick of Shark Week already, and is questioning WHY the Discovery Channel is making life so hard for her.  After all, she lives in a perpetual version of Shark Week. Tad just wants […]