Last Thursday was Stella’s open house at school. Here is her self-portrait from the portrait wall; she obviously has her father’s ears. Then there was this little gem. I gave her some grief about the little brother crack, especially considering what happened next. We figured that, as long as we were there, it would be [...]
It’s Mother’s Day. Normally, this is the part where I’d be going on a tirade about how my children have no concept of what it means to be civil to each other for more than a 1-hour interval – Mother’s Day be damned. And, as much as I love being able to utilize the internet [...]
Dear Porter, Today you turn 5 years old. And at this point I think I’m going to suggest you grab some juice, your blanket and thumb, and sit a spell – because this could take a while. First, I want to tidy up a little unfinished business in regards to losing your first tooth. I [...]
Today Japan was hit with one of the worst earthquakes in history. The repercussions from this earthquake were many, one of which was widespread tsunami warnings for the outermost edges of the west coast – Humboldt County being one of them. Schools were closed, evacuations were imposed, and everyone waited to see exactly what would [...]
One of the other notable items from this year’s annual snow-stravaganza was that Stella found her holy grail in the form of a precocious boy and his feline sidekick. Yes, that is my fancy way of saying she’s totally addicted to Calvin & Hobbes. At some point, while rifling through the stacks of books up [...]