[FYI: This is one of two posts about new additions to our menagerie. Be sure to read the other.]

Well, with two cats, two dogs, and two chinchillas, you just knew sooner or later we would have two more additions.

Introducing Munch and Crunch!! Our little banditos incognito!


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For Christmas, Santa gave Samantha a butterfly hatchery. However, since butterflies don't really appreciate December weather in Michigan, we just received the caterpillars in the mail this week. There are two canisters of caterpillars, each with 5 of the little fellas. I’ll have Samantha explain the process soon, but basically, in a few weeks we ( Read more... )

So Owen really loves commercials. He totally buys into them hook, line, and sinker no matter what it is. Ask him what he wants for his birthday, and I can bet you what he asks is something he has seen a commercial for in the past 24 hours. Until recently, they had mostly just watched PBS since we didn't have cable, but now that we've returned to ( Read more... )

Sorry, I didn't get time to write an actual story about this, but the family has been asking, so here are the hair chop photos. Also, Samantha did decide to donate her hair since it was long enough. She was very excited about that! (click to view images)

• Samantha's hair - back
• Samantha's hair - side
• Samantha's hair - front (however, she usually tucks ( Read more... )

So, it's a little late, but I've been meaning to add a note about the kids' picks for the Superbowl. Diana and I did our yearly bet (she won yet again, I think that makes her 5-0), and while we were at my parents' house getting ready to watch the game I asked the kids which team did they pick.

Me: "So, kids, who do you think is going to win the big ( Read more... )

Well, this week got off to an interesting start. At 11 am Monday, I received a call that Samantha had fallen on the playground and hurt her foot, but they were unable to get in touch with Diana (she was out running errands, and our car phone went AWOL recently). This started a crazy morning of calls from the school, disorganized secretaries, and me ( Read more... )

Well, Halloween was definitely interesting this year. I'll have to post some photos once I get them out of the camera, but the kids were adorable as always and this year we went to a neighborhood with some friends. Growing up, we always trick-or-treated in our neighborhood, and even in past years, Diana and I drove the kids the almost 2 hours to go ( Read more... )

In case anyone was wondering, there is not a 5th hero, and Super Strong Virus' last name is "Plant-Grower-Who-Can-Grow-Plants-In-Half-A-Second". Not an unusual name from Samantha. When she was only 18 months, she named a baby doll "Meemu Babu Beech Bahch Bahch Gahch Bahch Beech Bahch"*, or just "Meemu Babu Beech" for short. And, yes she would ( Read more... )

This one is from this morning, so I wanted to get it down before I forgot. The kids aren't always being gross or fighting with each other - they can be awfully creative, too ( Read more... )

Ok, I actually intended to update this more than once a month, but I knew I'd lapse. But anyway, one little nugget is that kids really argue over silly things ( Read more... )