Cleaning the oven doors has been on my to-do list for quite some time!  Over the weekend, I searched Pinterest and other kitchen cleaning sites to try to find the best way to clean the film off from the inside of the glass. Ordinarily, this film would probably disappear during …

These boys love to play basketball.  For quite some time, they’ve been talking about how they need another hoop so they can have a full court!  The one you can’t see is mounted above the entryway into this room directly opposite this standing hoop.   They talked about putting up …

Today Nathan went to work with Grandpa.  He packed his own lunch/snack and water bottle, grabbed his coat, and away he went.  He had quite the story to tell when he arrived back home because they evidently got the truck stuck!

Nathan and his dog, Toby, high-fiving each other!

Who would have thought we’d ever convince Tim to visit NYC?  Here he is taking in all of Times Square our very first night in the Big Apple!

Our new puppy, Toby, had to have a minor surgery last week.  The stitches weren’t healing so now he has to wear this cone on his head.  Poor thing.  He doesn’t like it at all…

Nathan is looking much better today.  The swelling has gone down considerably and now the black/blue is setting in around his eye.  He lost his balance while standing still today when he was shooting a nerf ball at the hoop.  I don’t think it’s something to worry about, but I’ll …

Poor Tater!  He’s still looking pretty rough this morning, but he is sitting upright in the rocking chair watching some TV and he had some breakfast.  So far so good!

Today Nathan fell from a 4′ something at co-op which he had climbed up on to make himself taller so he could “dunk the basketball.”  The kids who saw the incident reported he tried to hold on with one hand before falling to the cement floor landing on his face.  …

Today marks the celebration of the Chinese New Year.  One of the families in our homeschool co-op adopted two girls from China.  In our opening session last week, they shared information about the celebration and brought the above Chinese dragon to show all of us.