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Christmastime Is Here

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

Well, in the front yard, at least. I bought this after Christmas last year.  I had seen it during the Christmas season and thought it was just adorable… but not full price adorable.  (Full price was something like $90.  Nope.)  But once Christmas was over, and the floor model (that was missing the yard stakes […]



Retro Jammies

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Why do my kids always pick up on pop culture that started decades before they were born? At least Star Wars (Thumper), Batman (Tad), and Doctor Who (Ane) have all continued to stay current. But then Rerun spots my very retro hand-me-down Pac-Man T-shirt (which I inherited from Gichan at some point), and since he LOVES […]



One-Track Mind

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

For the last few months, Tad has been counting down to the release of LEGO Dimensions.  It’s a new video game, but it’s a game within the building set.  And then you can buy more sets to go along with it, which turns into playable characters within the video game.  It’s a little complicated, but […]



Mom’s A Sucker For the Beagle

Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Well, this is it! Pretty soon, Ane will be walking back through the front door in tears (because she cries at the end of every school year), and Tad will be walking through the door asking to play Xbox (because that’s what he does when he doesn’t have to go to school the next day). […]