Didn’t I say we’d have our swimsuits out if it warmed up again? On Saturday the high was in the 80’s, and the kids wanted to do the “crazy sprinkler”. Fortunately (with the cast) the sprinkler was a good pick, since Emma is afraid to turn it high enough to make it crazy and the…

In all of the broken arm drama I missed posting our photos from our trip to Omaha. We finally made it down to visit our good friends from Philadelphia, without Nate since, as Zach says, “Daddy’s schedule, Brad’s schedule, Brad’s schedule, Daddy’s schedule… they are both really busy!” Besides the portable DVD player breaking as…

It’s broken. He was tough enough to keep us from really knowing it was until yesterday, at which point he would still tell you it doesn’t hurt and he can ride his bike, use his mitt, etc.) If you ask Zach how it happened you are certain to get this answer… “Chasing ducks. I was…

We took a little trip to our neighborhood fire station the other day… one of our favorite places. They give a little tour and let the kids climb in the trucks, and no matter how many times we go the kids absolutely love it. Having been there a lot, and having a few firefighter movies…

A couple of weeks ago we had a good 80* day right before the weather turned chilly and we had to break out our fall clothes. We tried to live it up and went to the little man-made beach near our house. I hated to leave the beach, afraid we would leave summer along with…

Really – I’m not kidding. It just used to be Zach… and now he’s talked Emma into it too. Any time I ask anyone what they want to do – “play baseball!” “play t-ball!” “go to the baseball park!” And Zach has had this movie fom the library “Play winning baseball with Micky Mantle” that…

Depending on who you ask, today could be Zach’s first or second day of preschool. He met his teacher and went (with me) for an hour on Tuesday, which to him was the first day, and so I took my camera (the t-ball shirt of course). But today, the official first day, every time someone…

Grandpa B says that fishing is all about the experience. Since he is the expert, we waited for him and Grandma to come take the kids (and us) during their short-lived but much appreciated Labor Day weekend at our house. I have to admit that the kids disagreed with his definition of fishing – they…

When I told Nate we were taking the kids on the bus to the library, he looked at me like I was crazy. Then he told me I was crazy. Somehow, all that public transportation he took in Philadelphia ruined his sense of adventure. For the kids, however, waiting at the bus stop and riding…

So tonight at dinner Nate taught Zach to sing “99 bottles of jam on the wall” (better than the alternative I suppose), which included some banging on the table for rhythm and effect. And then Zach figured out how to make farting noises by blowing on his arm… this one he taught himself, but we…