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New Bike Night!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

Ane has long since outgrown the bike she’s been riding (my old one that I got on my 8th birthday), but that was what she had, so that is what she rode.  But summer is coming, and she keeps getting taller.  So the Webmaster took her to a local bike shop to try out some […]



Rerun, Sticker Fiend

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Trader Joe’s hands out free stickers to kids.  Sometimes, Rerun wants them, sometimes, he doesn’t. Yesterday was one of the days he wanted them.  And before I could start driving, he had already done this: Because, why not?



Tad, the Happy Master Builder

Tuesday, January 13th, 2015

LEGO is either a marketing genius or pure evil.  Or both. Tad really wanted the upcoming LEGO Batman 3 sets for Christmas.  He even put them on his Christmas list for Santa.  Small problem – those sets were going to be released January 1st.  Tad was not happy when I told him he’d have to […]



The World’s Happiest Boy

Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Ever since LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham was announced back in May, Tad has been counting down days.  Which wasn’t easy, because the first release date just said “Fall 2014.”  Then it moved to November 30th (and Tad marked it on his calendar), and then to November 11th (so Tad crossed out the first date […]