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I like my neighborhood. There are some things about it that really help to make is special. The annual car show is one. The fact that I can walk to a number of different types of restaurants (Indian, Thai, pizza, Mexican, etc.) and the several bars and other types of businesses – well, it’s a…
“Adventure Time” has become a favorite in my house. When I got the third season to review I wasn’t as familiar with the series as I am now. Now my 11 year old records each new episode as it is broadcast. As it is I still think that “Adventure Time” isn’t as great as it…
“What do you want for lunch?” I asked Xavier. It was just him (4 years), myself, and Tevye (5 months) at home. The other kids were either at school or who knows where. Before taking him to pre-school in the afternoons Xavier has lunch at home. I almost always ask him what he wants, but…
I was wrong. For years I resisted Dropkick Murphys. I was confusing Dropkick Murphys with Murphy’s Law, the hardcore band. I saw Murphy’s Law in 1989 opening up for The Ramones and didn’t like them. Not that I have anything against hardcore punk, I’m just rather picky about which ones I do like, and Murphy’s…
This past Saturday was a big day for Déla. It was her first gymnastics meet of the season, and her first in the new higher AA division. But before the meet she had Irish step dance. Here she is practicing her hard shoe. At her meet she demonstrated both that she belongs in the higher…
Remember last week when I mentioned I like seeing my kids during their lunch time recess? This afternoon I was walking back from dropping Xavier off at preschool when one of Déla’s friends saw me with Tevye in the stroller on the sidewalk and called for her. She came running across the playground. After a…
We love Munchkin in this family. If we could we just might play it every other day. As it is I use it as an incentive to get August and Dela to stop fighting and get ready for school in the morning. And it’s working pretty well. Most days. There are so many varieties and…
I am very uninspired today. Can’t seem to write anything despite all the ideas I had over the weekend or the piles of inspiration I have in front of me. So I give you this:
This past Sunday was another cross country meet. Here are each of them as they came across the finish line. And because he didn’t want to be left out, Here is a picture of me with Tevye.