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Fire Station Field Trip

I’m way behind on this one, but what else is new? On April 24, we took the kids on a homeschooling field trip down to Fort Eustis to visit the fire station, and it turned out to be really cool. …

Jason Is Seven!?

I always seem to start these posts off with a phrase like “impossible as it seems…” but doggone it, it really is hard to comprehend how your kids can go so quickly from tiny little newborns to…well, in Jason’s case,…

Jason and the Solar Winds

I was having a discussion with Jason the other night while he brushed his teeth and got ready for bed.  He noted that the North and South Poles of Earth have actual magnetic properties.  I mentioned that the Earth’s magnetic…

Big Boy How Glorious

Scott recently told Mommy he’d like to change his name to Big Boy.  “Big Boy William Morefield?” she asked, trying it out.  “No,” he explained, “I need a new middle name, too.” And that would be? “How.” “HOW?, so Big…

RIP: Old School Heroes

I was upset this week to learn of the death of Robert Culp, one of my favorite TV actors.  I probably first encountered him on “Columbo,” being one of a handful of actors whose strong performances kept him coming back…