That would be the free lollipop and coffee he gets once a week at Trader Joe’s. We go there once a week, because there is one near Tad’s speech therapist.  So, I drop Tad off, and then Rerun and I go shopping.  (Ane prefers to stay home and get her homework done, and since she […]

Now that Thumper is in school four days a week, and I’m picking him up when his day is done, I have a chance to stop off at the grocery store if needed. Or, if I think about it ahead of time, and go a slightly different direction, I can detour to Yakima Fruit Market. […]

This still makes me laugh, two years later. I took this on my old cell phone.  Thumper was so tired at the end of a trip to Costco that he’d fallen asleep on Rerun.  It was too adorable!  This is proof that a stop at Costco takes forever!

Rerun’s gift from Friend and Doc included a sonic screwdriver flashlight, a red bow tie, and red suspenders (which, as we have learned via Doctor Who, are called “braces” in England).  I honestly don’t know if a gift could have delighted him more.  So when we left the house yesterday, this is how he insisted […]