The boys really dived into the Summer Reading Program at the base library again this summer. A.J. went to the library on a Saturday with a friend, and he signed up on his own, coming home with log sheets, three new books, and a cool T-shirt (awesome, compared to last year's design!). Philip and I took Jack in the following Monday, and we signed him ( Read more... )

While in the car this afternoon, A.J. brings up the subject of asexual plants and animals, and how it's very weird that some living things can have offspring without mating. Jack pipes up with, "They have to, A.J. It's not like a plant can just scootch (while doing the motion across the backseat) over to another plant and start kissing ( Read more... )

My boys are on all fours, butts pointed toward each other and almost touching, tooting at one another.

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They're trying to see if either of them can produce a toot forceful enough to blow the other one away.

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Philip's parents celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this past weekend. To love on 'em, the boys made special cookies to send to them ( Read more... )

I'm eating a leftover Heavenly Strawberry Tart, and it is oh-so-good. Yum ( Read more... )

There are pieces of paper everywhere - the back of receipts, the torn-off end of a box, the back a graded paper - with just a few markings on them at a time ( Read more... )

This morning was 'Breakfast & A Book' again at the boys' school. We all went, and while there, I also gifted their teachers with some cute, homemade goodies (to be shared about in a separate entry). I then walked the halls and gave the rest away to other teachers that happened to be milling about, as well as the entire office staff and the ( Read more... )

The cat's out of the bag now. ;-)

For her birthday, we gave Heather a special gift... one that she would cherish, but that would really best be given to her children. (But aren't those some of the best gifts? The ones that make your kids smile, and in turn, make you smile even wider?)

We picked up a copy of All the Ways I Love You, and then we ( Read more... )

My kiddos are really great, ya know? Nothing in particular, they just make me very proud. Oh sure, they have lots of squabbling moments with each other, but on the whole? Good boys ( Read more... )

This afternoon, the boys got out of summer school as scheduled. I was still at work, so I assumed that Philip was getting them (he was off today). He thought I was off earlier than I was, so he assumed that I was getting them and was mowing the yard ( Read more... )