Scene: Grant invites Handsome Hubby to join him for a game of Wii Boxing. Grant: “Do you wanna play?” HH: “Sure.” Grant: “It’s really cool, you get to pick a guy and be a character.” HH: “Sounds good. What’s your character’s name?” (Listening in, at this point, I’m thinking along the lines of The Hammer, […]
Archives for August 2010
Birthday Bacon
I almost never cooked bacon when the kids were younger. It isn’t exactly good for you, it splatters and makes a mess when you cook it, etc. I did not realize how infrequently I cooked it until one day a 5 year old Devin came to me and asked me if he could have some […]
What’s in a name? Or, please forget everything we ever told you about how great it is to be able to read…
As you moms out there probably know, it’s back to school shopping time. As you moms out there also probably know, it’s important to encourage a young child when they are a beginning reader. Grant has become a good reader, with a pretty voracious appetite for new words to read. Great, right? I always thought […]