Happy Birthday, Little Man

Today is Little Man’s seventh birthday. I still can’t believe how old he is now. He’s in the first grade and is really enjoying himself. We celebrated tonight with our family, my parents and my father in law (my mother in law is in Florida taking care of her step mother who is dying).  Here [...]

Small town shopping

Friday night our town kicked off the Christmas season with the lighting of the trees that line the street downtown.  Most of the shops that lined the street were open to show off their hot products for Christmas. People milled up and down the street enjoying the evening.  Wood burning fires in metal garbage cans [...]

On teaching a 6 year old how to ride a bike

My parents came up today for Sunday dinner. We played outside where my parents helped my son on his bike. He’s seven years old on the 16th and I’ve got a bug up my butt about the fact that he still hasn’t gone through the rite of passage of learning how to ride a two-wheeler. Little [...]

Happy Halloween!

Today is the day for jack o’ lanterns, dressing up, and, of course, candy! We got our kids into their costumes and had them pose for a picture: We took the kids to the shops downtown for some daytime trick or treating , which was very sweet. It started to rain as we loaded up in [...]

Halloween fun

Do you remember when you were a kid around Halloween? You were so excited you could barely contain yourself. Not only did it  mean dressing up as someone  or something completely different, but it also meant lots and lots of candy. Excitement hung in the air as you prowled the neighborhood with all the other kids [...]