I like to think that Somewhere out there, there's an Alternate Universe Eddy who is raising these four kids on a magical island. (Imagine Norman Rockwell by way of Jimmy Buffett, with hints of Robert Fulghum, Peter Pan, Pippi Longstocking, Tom Saywer, and my childhood). The island has three distinct climates: at sea level, there is naturally a ( Read more... )

I'm at Jen & Bryan's house and you're not, neener neener neener!

I just got done playing Yahoo! Games Typer Shark - a hair-raising experience for me as always, but even more so with the three youngest kids pressing close all around me and gasping whenever a shark draws too near. They got me so anxious, I think it's going to take awhile for my heartrate to return to normal. Talk about suspense! No wonder I don ( Read more... )

Just spent what seemed like an hour sorting sequins with the girls. The selection at the craft store was somewhat limited, (this far into December, go figure), so I bought a bag of mixed. We have separated them into the following groupings ( Read more... )

Ooh! I thought of a couple more good things that happened this weekend ( Read more... )

Jackson Pollock Lives!

For Jenn

With the kids

Summer Grape Arbor

When Jimmy and I talked about this some weeks back, I told him that I had no problem with the kids spending Halloween with their mom's extended family - they always seem to have big parties, etc, and we don't like to deprive the kids of participating in all that - I'd like to keep the kids on the Friday before Halloween. I was envisioning a small ( Read more... )