Last night we got back from our annual trip with my family to the Santa Rosa Beach area of the Florida Panhandle. The big headline from the trip is Sweetness’s mad swimming skillz. She had some lessons at the Y shortly before she left, and while her swim lessons last year pretty much just taught her how to paddle around on a noodle, at best, this ( Read more... )

1. A couple of months ago, during conversations at the breakfast/lunch/dinner table, Sweetness would occasionally interject, for no apparent reason, the phrase "Are you insane?" I'm not sure where it's from, but it's a little like Marlon/Albert Brooks from Finding Nemo.

2. Sweetness likes the 1970s Rankin-Bass animated version of The Hobbit, and ( Read more... )