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So Beavis has a report due next week, on Siberian tigers.  He’s pretty excited about it, and has been reading up about them on the internet, in some books, etc.  Since this is his first "real" project (as he’s only in 2d grade), we’re helping him out a bit.  One of the things he’s going [...]

On Monday, Alex had surgery to fix his eyes.  Since he’s been little, he’s had eyes that are not quite aligned…one of them looks off to the side a little bit.  Now, he’s all better, but he looks a little beat up now.  He’s really upset that he can’t go to school until next week [...]

Yesterday everyone started school, except for Isabel, who didn’t go until today (new kindergarteners do a staggered start).  This morning, Izzy was so excited she could hardly stand it, and her two big brothers who also go to her school were very proud of her too. I cant believe that all FOUR of my kids [...]

I do this every year…I’m so predictable.  I just noticed that there are only 125 days until Christmas, and to get everyone into the spirit, I’m posting my two favorite Christmas videos.  First, we have Linus telling us what Christmas is all about: then, we have Robert Earl Keen singing the greatest Christmas song of [...]

They say that July and August are the price you pay for the weather Charlotte has the rest of the year.  For some reason though, this year has been harder than the past ones.  I’m considering moving to Maine or something like that, because for the past week or so, the heat index has regularly [...]

One of the bad things about having everyone visit for Christmas was that Izzy got all used to people spoiling her.  Now that everyone has left, we’re trying to get her back into the habit of doing what we tell her to and sleeping in her room and in her bed.  When the grandparents were [...]

And this is what I’ve already done today: 1) Made scrambled eggs, toast and sausage for Jake’s breakfast.  (Jake stayed here ALL BY HIMSELF last night, because he likes to have 1:1 daddy time). 2) Cleaned up Jake’s puke (he did that BEFORE he ate my yummy eggs, I think he can hurl on command).  [...]

Just like last year, we had the annual Lawson Neighborhood Yard Sale today, and Alex and Lauren ran a lemonade stand.  They had a lot of fun, but when I asked for a donut, it came with a bite out of it.  I hope they didn’t do that with all of their customers. While Alex [...]

…but how can I refuse to let Izzy sleep with me when she’s this cute?  Someday, she’ll master sleeping in the proper direction. She’ll be FIVE next month, and she will be “too cool” to want to be with me soon, so I am kind of savoring it while I can.  Her problem is that [...]

I know, what a surprise.  He was actually sick last Wednesday-Friday, but I thought he was better, until the school called because he didn’t feel well.  Jennifer and I figured that he was just goofing off because he didn’t want to go to school, so I made him stay in bed without watching TV until [...]