I’m sitting in the office, catching up on some last minute emails before I have to go to class. All of a sudden I hear…
Ryan: Hippo, hippo, what do you hear? I hear a zebra makin’ noises.
Megan: ’sat? (What’s that?)
Ryan: A ZEBRA Megan! A ZEBRA!
First, it touches my heart to hear Ryan “reading” to her [...]

…Megan cried when Ann Marie, our babysitter left today. She cried and ran to her, wanting to be picked up. Then she put her head on AM’s shoulder and patted AM’s back with her little hand.
I cried inside too.
She’s only over here one day a week for about four hours, so it’s not like I’m [...]

…as Ric is getting dressed.
Ryan: Daddy, I want to see your weenie.
Dad: No, you don’t need to see it, you have one of your own.
(By the way…we’re thinking that we are at the beginning of the “Why’s” – WAY too many questions all of a sudden!)

So…for the last few days, Ric and I have been trying to identify a strange smell in the office. At first, we thought another fly had gotten fried in the halogen lamp – that can be a pretty nasty smell, but usually there’s smoke involved. :)
I knew we had to figure out the source [...]

It’s all Megan is in to these days. Right after I change her clothes in the morning, she picks a pair to wear. She will follow me around the house until I put them on her! She even knows which ones are which. She does the same when I put her PJ’s on – she [...]

…before I forget them completely!
I hope I never forget the look of concentration on Ryan’s face as he pedaled his tricycle around the block (ALL the way around the block) for the first time. His little tongue sticking out the side of his mouth. He was tired but so proud he did it!
Megan is so [...]

In case you missed it in today’s Providence Journal, I’ve posted a great article on Emergency and Long Term Preparedness on my other blog.
Haven’t been there yet? Here you go… Get Me Ready
(See? It’s not just us crazy Mormon’s who prepare for emergencies! :) )

Ric happened to run across a Sesame Street, 39th season preview clip on YouTube. First of all…Sesame Street began the year I was born, so I’m particularly attached to it. But even more now since the kids watch it!
There are so many hysterical spoofs on mainstream TV shows, that any adult would LOVE watching it!
For [...]

Which means…. a NEW Tricycle! YAY! Look how big our little boy is!
We found the COOLEST trike for him. It’s a Radio Flyer Twist Trike. Once he’s old enough, we can twist it around and it’s a “chopper” (big wheel) style trike. Cool huh? (It also comes in pink, so Ryan wanted to know if [...]