As previously mentioned, today was the last day of school. As you might expect, the boys are thrilled to e out of school for the summer, and are already looking forward to next year: Our school starts band instrument instruction in the 5th grade, guess what Will is playing next year? One of ... VIEW POST
Look! Green grass!
Oh, and a cute kid plus a dog, too. Last weekend, Mark got to babysit Wrigley, his sister's dog. Does that make him our nephew? Wrigley got to come over to our yard for several hours and the boys had a blast playing with him. They were really thrilled that he let them lay down on top of ... VIEW POST
Post April Fools
The boys were watching Tom & Jerry cartoons for awhile before going to bed. While I was trying to take their picture, Katie was whining at me, wanting to jump up into my lap. By chance I caught her tongue: Did you have a nice April Fools Day? I tried to be pretty careful baout ... VIEW POST
Hairy monsters no more
Saturday morning the boys went from this: And this: To this: And this: What a relief. (For those of us that have to look at them anyway.) This was a compromise between the shaggy they want and the buzz-cut Mom and Dad would prefer. This can BE messy on top, but look ... VIEW POST
Fast and slow
Our first photography lesson is about using different shutter speeds. For our assignment, we were to post 2 different photos: one taken with a slow shutter speed, to show movement and one taken with a fast shutter speed, to freeze the movement. I've tried a couple of different times, but have ... VIEW POST
They’ve got their mother’s face
Will is listening to his iPod, Joe is playing a game. Of course, Will has to supervise. And Mom has to try her new camera lens. All I can see when I look at pictures of them right now is the hair. Good Lord. Will's checking to see how Joe is doing. Oooooo, not so ... VIEW POST