Well for some reason Morgan and the neighbor boy decided it would be a funny joke to put duck tape in neighbor K’s hair. (This is of course after I had already told them that taping K’s mouth shut was NOT OK and to put away the tape NOW – but technically is was not… Continue reading

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So the time has come for siding for our poor yellow house. For the past three nights we’ve sat through the sales presentations and what not, and of course all we want to know if how much. And how much? Well anywhere from 10 to 36k apparently and even when the 36k guy gave us… Continue reading

A few months ago it occurred to us (or rather a guest pointed it out) that there may be dead space in the wall of our pantry and I’m dying to poke a hole in there to find out. But I keep getting told “Quiet you.”  Which of course is the WRONG answer. I’ve even… Continue reading

Family-history project source record — March 29, 2011. Danielle engaged ProGenealogists for an in-depth research session to help fill holes in the family history. She directed the researchers to the material she had already gathered on the She Remembers Pearl Harbor family-tree pages. The research firm confirmed the project had been placed on its docket… Continue reading

Recovered original email thread. Body preserved verbatim. Thanks for the note – the braces were a bit of a surprise – I thought he was going in for a checkup. Spelling is improving, now if he can keep it up. D- Why Be A Princess When You Can Be The Queen? ________________________________ From: “Dorn, Susan”… Continue reading

This year Tyler has gotten glasses and today we started braces (I thought we were going in for a check-up) – so, by the time this hits all the rest of the kids his age he’ll be through it right?) FYI – He’ll start with 4 brackets and they will add them on as we… Continue reading

Well, when I thought they were going to sleep they decided to build a leprechaun trap – somehow the trap was supposed to trigger the fish (or maybe the other way around). And the silly bands were to trip him up. My favorite part? “Well Mom, if they had left the pot of gold like… Continue reading

Our neighbor, Alex, has recently introduced the boys to Nutella and it is now Tyler’s favorite food. The other morning he beat me downstairs and there he is, with his butt on the heater register, white bread sitting directly on the floor (no napkin, nothing) and the biggest slimy chocolate looking glob of Nutella I’ve… Continue reading

The other night Morgan decided to explain his theory of the “Chain of Good and Bad” – you see he and Morgan are at the top of the chain, neighbor x was in the middle because “he does not make good decisions” and boy on the bus q “he’s WAY at the bottom, he doesn’t… Continue reading