Aug 19, 2010

You Sunk My Battleship!

Saw my first battleship the other day, so time to check that off the bucket list.  I love checking things off any kind of list, so here goes — battleship, check!  Man, I never quite realized h...
Aug 8, 2010

On the Dating Scene

No, not really — it just feels like it.  We (the royal “we” of course) have been on the hunt this week with hungry bloodhounds for a beach house.  And when do we want the house?  ...
Aug 1, 2010

What a Difference a Day Makes!

Kids, I tell you!  Sam took some swimming lessons earlier in the summer that were a big ole bust.  I may as well have taken a $100 bill, ripped it up, and watched the pieces fall to the floor.  The...
Jul 27, 2010

Heated In

Oh where, oh where has this summer gone?Oh where, oh where could it be?With its days too humid and its heat too longOh where, oh where could it be? I don’t know about you, but I feel like this s...
Jul 22, 2010

Shower Time!

I truly never thought it would ever happen.  Sam has held out for five years, refusing to take a shower, no way, no how, no sireee Bob!  Leave it to the influence of another munchkin friend by the n...
Jul 21, 2010

Lowe’s Build-a-thon

Attention to all young builders out there and your dedicated teams of chauffeurs/parents/bodyguards.  Hear ye, hear ye,  here is a well-kept secret now on the spill!  Amble on over to Lowe’s ...
Jul 16, 2010

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Last night we went to a really neat birthday party for Sam’s friend Zach.  We headed down at the Diamond to watch the Richmond Flying Squirrels take on Bowie, MD.  Sam had never been to a R...
Jul 13, 2010

Got LEGOs?

It is full-fledged LEGO-palooza here, folks!  Sam is full-out obsessed with them, announcing as such, “I am obsessed with LEGOs!”  He was even yelling in his sleep last night, “I w...
Jul 7, 2010

Hot, Hot, Hot!

I’m hot.  Are you hot?  In fact I am very, very hot.  Yesterday at 3 PM the temperature in the car read 110 degrees!  Yes, 110 right there in Busch Gardens parking lot.  And yes again, we w...
Jul 5, 2010

The House That Cleans Itself

A house that cleans itself?  Pretty intriguing, huh?  No way, no how, but how?  But really — how now brown cow?  It’s actually the name of a revolutionary book I’ve been reading ...