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Four and a Half Fruity Ideas

It’s early in the summer season yet, so we’ve only gone strawberry picking so far. I’ve been taking the boys for years, and it’s fascinating to watch them change from year to year. The older boys have gotten pretty good at berry picking. When...

Do Your Kids Grow In Spurts?

TechnoBoy and The Mercenary came home from camp yesterday (this is the 3rd year they’ve gone) and I’m convinced they aged a year in the 6 days they were gone. Even though they were incredibly tired after a week of shenanigans at camp, they were very kind...

Blog Business 6-20-2008

I’ve been scarce this week because (cue trumpets here) the boys are all away from home. The older boys are at camp until lunchtime on Friday and the younger ones are at Grandma’s until Sunday. After a whirlwind of todo lists and errands about town...

Bring The Rain

We all have those moments in life where reality pierces our hearts. I had a moment like that yesterday. Okay….well…I had an afternoon like that yesterday. Heather from OhMyStinkinHeck linked through to a post from Angie Smith, which is a blog written by...