Last weekend we took the boys to the circus for the first time. In retrospect, we probably should’ve waited another year. We started off well enough, with Jason laughing hysterically at every inane thing the clowns did, and the elephants…
So let me see if I’ve got this straight. One day she’s a brilliant young Navy captain and astronaut with a space mission behind her and more to come, the next she’s weilding a BB-Gun and pepper spray in a fight…
Where does the time go? Scotty turned two last Saturday, and had a great time opening presents and being sung to. He practiced blowing out candles for about a week ahead of time, so when the big moment came he…
This week Laura finally fulfilled a longtime ambition and began teaching her first college-level course. Laura was approached by VCU’s School of Business to teach a course a couple years ago, but as she was then 8 months pregnant, she…
I’m really looking forward to this one. After spending decades trapped in legal limbo, the 1966 (TV show) Batmobile is finally returning to toy store shelves this year, thanks to the folks at Hot Wheels. First up is a…
Last night I played a really fun game of Hangman with Jason. I should explain a couple things first. One is that at the age of 3 and a half, Jason can already read and write on a 2nd-grade level,…
Well, after letting the old site lay around unchanged for a few years, I finally decided to give it a face-lift. I figure most of my visitors are family anyway, so the new blog format will let me post all…
