family

i posted some new pictures which include festivus, the girl at dance/gymnastics and other winter time activities. the baby has been sick lately, actually all three of the kids have been sick, but you tend to notice it more when the baby is sick because we are up all night (the wife more than me,

it has come and gone for another year. it was a standard affair as far as holidays go, with the regular travel schedule south on christmas day and then back home the day after. the only excitement was the boy getting sick christmas night, he said his ear hurt and he had a stuffed up

school mornings have become a nice routine. most mornings i will get up with the boy, or he will get up by himself since his internal clock seems to be on school time now. when he packs his lunch the wife gets up with him to make his lunch, but that is usually only once

the baby’s baptism was last weekend. then we had a party for her and for the boy’s birthday. never have there been so many little feet running around my house. at one point i considered getting out the baby gate to lock them all upstairs. pictures at the other website.

we were having some issues with bedtime since the boy and girl moved into the same room, so the boy came up with a solution. when everything is done (books, hugs, teeth brushed, etc) and it is time for them to go to bed we set a timer for five or ten or fifteen minutes,

yesterday was “special persons day” at the boy’s school. all the kids were allowed to bring in one adult to see the classroom, school, etc. so he picked me and i was back to school for a couple of hours in the morning. it was pretty cool, i got to see all the various rooms;

we’ll be loading up the family truckster and heading south again this weekend, in a couple of hours in fact. stopping in cinnci tonight and then on to the annual fall festival in kentucky on saturday. activities promised include fishing, horse rides, the fall hay ride, the big bonfire and camping out. the big kids