A meme vaxhacker got from family, this time with a questionnaire for the younger members of the household ( Read more... )

There is a big difference between searching for 'jade' or 'jade jewelry' on google images; especially with the 'safe-search' option turned off ( Read more... )

I know it seems obvious, that my kids are as different as can be ( Read more... )

A quiz I took from vaxhacker

Interview one of your children, asking them the following 20 questions.
I interviewed Jb, my eleven-year-old.

1. What is something that Dad always says to you? “Stop pestering your sister!”
2. What makes Dad happy? “Is there anything that makes you happy (grin)?”
3. What makes Dad sad? “Me pestering my sister (grin)”
4. How does your ( Read more... )

We moved in with my in-laws this past month. The details are not important for this post. I was unpacking our bikes yesterday, one of the nicest days in a long time, and my dd decided that she needed to learn how to ride 'her' bike ( Read more... )

This is a topic of conversation that comes up a lot when you have a 10 yo boy. Especially one who is into comics as much as Jb.

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You know how sometimes you have one of those days where you say to yourself, at the end of the day, well today was the type of day that will help me appreciate better days. Today was one of those days; not the bad day, the day that makes the bad days worth while.

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My son has been asking me if I would buy a car that cost $100K if it ran on air. Now I was a bit dismissive at first, but when he asks seemingly off the wall questions like that he usually has seen something somewhere or read something. So I decided to ask the great Internets if there is such a car. And lo the heavens parted the the message was ( Read more... )

( click to read about t-ball game )