Crappy Christmas Gifts

On Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas, I was inspired by This Video to find out if my kids were Ungrateful Materialistic Brats, or if they could handle being given Crappy Christmas Gifts. I was quite pleased with the results. They feigned interest in the under garments...

Backyard Paleontology

Living on 2 acres in a Bird Sanctuary gives the kids a lot of room to move and explore. We take regular trips into the ‘Jungle’, hunting bears and bugs, and conquering fire breathing dragons. We took one of these journeys shortly after we arrived in...

Animals Animals Animals

Today we took Samantha to the Zoo. We visit the Zoo alot, because it’s dirt cheap (less than $2 a person) and lots of fun.We started our adventure at the big Bull Elephant. Samantha was actually brave enough to feed him today. The first time she’s ever...

The Party.

We celebrated Samantha and Timothy’s birthdays today. I’m not sure how many people showed up, but we had a full house and I was pleased that so many came to celebrate. I want my Kidlet’s Birthdays to be very special. One highlight was our Russian...

Blood

This morning we went to the Lab to have blood tests (nothing serious, all routine). Samantha insisted on watching. She was very interested in Sean’s blood being drawn, asking q’s and chatting the whole way through. He’s very good at putting her at...