At 5am this morning Jared and I were suddenly and loudly awakened by a loud bang and then the sound of breaking glass…in our bedroom. With no explanation the window that serves as our headboard simply shattered. It’s a double paned window but only the inside layer of glass broke; so it couldn’t...
This morning, as I was cleaning up the bathroom from their morning bath, WIn and Harriet dashed out to the living room and plopped themselves in the reading chair together and began reading. They would climb in and out of the chair to get more books, but they insisted on reading together in the...
In all of the flurry for packing for Thanksgiving I never posted these pictures of Win making the potatoes. Jared worked late that night. Win and I made 15 lbs of potatoes and Harriet nibbled on oatmeal while she watched us from her highchair. After they were made it became clear to me that I...
Each year I like to put out a little point and shoot recommendation. This year I’m going to offer 2. One for the traveler/partier who wants great pictures but doesn’t want to fuss the details of photography. This camera will take great pictures, and is small enough to fit in your pocket...
It’s not a box.
I gave the kids a really big box to play with the other day. Win decided that its best use would be a library. He put a big pillow and a basket of books inside of it climbed in and insisted that I close the top. He soon discovered that it was...
As I pulled into my parking space I couldn’t help but giggle at the american flag clad bumper sticker on the van next to me in the Ikea parking lot. It said “Worried about your job? Keep buying foreign.” I guess that maybe the owner of that bumper sticker is Swedish.
