Teacher Gifts

It’s that time of year – schools are wrapping up, and parents are wondering just what to wrap up for their children’s hard-working teachers. It’s always a dilemma. My cousin Maura and I usually end up emailing each other around now to brainstorm fresh ideas. (Now Maura, it should be noted, once gave their teachers …

Happy Fathers

Hope all you fathers had happy days yesterday! Dad, I hope you had a terrific time with everyone over – wish we could have been there. It sure sounded like a great afternoon. I think Tom’s day in general could have been better, seeing as he’s still sick, Honey’s still sick, and it was hard …

Too Late

Nearly every day, Hot Wheels runs the numbers. “How much money do we have? If we sell our house AND our Mazda 5, can we buy a Ferrari?” He questions. He plots. He ruminates. Nearly every day. So yesterday we’re strolling the neighborhood together and we pass a red convertible. “That’s a nice Miata,” he says, …

Hmpf

On this, the very first official day of summer in our house, both Tom and Honey appear to have come down with the flu. I believe it’s the flu because they’re both complaining about every single square inch of their bodies and they have the same miserable, crawl-under-the-porch look on their faces. I think it …

Party Down

So every June we have a party for Tom’s birthday. He loves his birthday – well, any excuse to have a party, frankly. Plus it’s a perfect chance to have our friends over to catch up with Gini and Craig while they’re visiting. After a cold grey week, we were all pleasantly surprised to see …