On Safari in the Blue Ridge
News flash! You can have an “Out of Africa” experience right here in Virginia! The Virginia Safari Park is in Natural Bridge, only two hours and 15 minutes away from good ole Richmond...
Boo!
Halloween wasn’t terribly eventful for us this year. It was fun, mind you, but the rain put a damper on the events — quite literally. It started to rain right around 6 PM and finished ...
One Witchy Mommy
At Sam’s school parents can volunteer to help out with lunch. The entire kindergarten, all six classes, eat lunch at the same time. That’s a heck of a lot of hungry five and six-year-o...
An Extraordinary Dentist, An Extraordinary Man
Yesterday was one of the those days when life really throws something at you, something you’d never ever envision, let alone expect. We’ve had a great dentist for coming up on ten years....
A Boy Babysitter, Oh Boy!
‘Oh boy’ is right! Last weekend Sam had his first “boy babysitter.” To say it was a big hit is an understatement. It was more like a bases-loaded home run in the ninth in...
The Lowercase "m"
Gosh, I’d never really given the lowercase “m” much thought – or any thought at all for that matter. I don’t remember learning it, practicing it, or hearing about it o...
A Bad Day
Everyone has a bad day every now and then, but there are some really bad days that leave you feeling disillusioned with the world. Poor Sam had one of those today, the poor guy. Isn’t he und...
Reality Bites 2
Move over, Winona Ryder! There is a movie remake in town featuring some disenfranchised five and six-year-olds. The newness of kindergarten has worn off like cheap pink nail polish. My friend ca...