Last Thanksgiving I introduced a memorable new family tradition – Turkey Talk. We passed around a bowl of questions throughout the meal. When the bowl came to you, you picked your question, read it aloud and answered it. The premise behind the “game” is that sometimes the people you are closest to are the people… Read More
After playing their little hearts out, the Ironbirds came in runners up in the championship baseball game. Honey and I were incredibly proud of John, how hard he tried this season and how much he grew in his game. I partnered with fun friend M to provide the snack for the littles, and I lugged back… Read More
Last November I made a “Give Thanks” tree to hang in the play room for the month. Every day we each add a construction paper leaf to the tree with something for which we are thankful. Anything goes on the this tree…everything from God to Happy Meals popped up last year. To kick off 2011,… Read More
After a month long count down, the big day didn’t disappoint. Here’s how we spent our Halloween… We overslept and somehow and quite miraculously went from bed to bus in TEN minutes. A record by any measure. Needless to say, the Halloween pancakes didn’t happen. And nobody missed them :-) Armed with Hallo-wiener and Trick… Read More
The Bert Show, a local Atlanta morning show, is collecting letters of thanks so that every single soldier stationed or deployed outside the United States can receive a letter of gratitude on Thanksgiving Day. Honey and I took this opportunity to talk to the littles about the bravery of these individuals and the great sacrifice… Read More
Farewell, Ward the Fish aka Mr. Todd. You will be sorely missed around these parts. Surely there’s never been a fish with fishier antics than you. Take the time your pump malfunctioned and flooded the PCP’s room, for example. Or the many, many times you tried to eat yourself to death after the baby fed… Read More
Pop the bubbly ’cause there’s cause for celebration around these parts… …Honey got a promotion!!! [If that’s what you call a new job, a better title, more responsibility and not a penny’s raise :-)] Details aside, I sure am proud of him! He’s never been happier in a job. Ever. And that’s worth celebrating EvErYdAy!!!… Read More