Introducing the Tooth Fairy!
Yes, it finally happened — Sam lost his first tooth! It happened quite randomly last night while using his teeth to separate two LEGOs. Poof! And it was gone! Very appropriate given his ...
Hot, Hot, Hot!
I’m hot! Are you hot? I’m talking HOT here! It’s hard to think or talk about anything else. (I am including these lake pictures not to taunt you, but to help you think cool tho...
The Lovely Aspen Tree
We’ve been back from Colorado for over a week now, but I still have a vivid image of those gorgeous Aspen trees shimmering in the breeze and blowing in the wind, creating a faint rustling sound....
The Incredible Melting Vacation
Why is it that vacations seem to melt like ice creams on a hot summer day? Ours is melting away right now; we are leaving on a jet plane tomorrow. That’s the thing about vacations — you ...
East Germany, Vail & the Fourth
Today we were having our 4th of July breakfast at our favorite place in Vail, the Little Diner. I’ve never been much of a breakfast person until finding this place when we were here two years ...
Flown the Coop
As a follow-up to my last post, well, the mommy and daddy birdies did indeed come back to the strawberry plant to check on their sprouting babes. Then they proceeded to chirp away non-stop for hours...
Quite a Surprise!
On my bucket list I’ve always wanted to have a garden and have never quite gotten around to it. So this year I decided to go give it a go and start very small with only two plants — cher...
On the Verge of Summer
It’s that most wonderful time of year again! No, not Christmas, for us it’s the very beginning of summer. We’re right there on the verge of the Summer of Fun 2011. For us that...