Gardening with kids

Best flower. Ever. In celebration of spring… here’s a little piece on trying to garden with children that I wrote back when the kids were smaller and drove me madder…. The only way to get any gardening done is to do so under the guise of a game. This is a fine line. Be careful […]

Crazy for eagles

Eagles have become quite a part of our household. Nelson loves them. It all started with the live eagle cam broadcast from Decorah, Iowa. Nelson’s teacher pulled up the live cam several times in class last year. The children got to watch three eagles born and fledged. Amazing. Free, no charge, priceless experience. However, it’s […]

Open for Haircuts

Form a line, folks. My sons are 7 and 9, and I’ve finally given up cutting my sons’ hair. There’s a small indication that this has been 7 to 9 years too long in coming. I thought they were simple men, and in fact, one of them still is. The 7-year-old is fine with whatever […]

Happy the Cat Goes Camping ~ a story

There’s a lot of things I like about this picture. A)   It reminds me that spring will come again. Look at that green grass, I could eat it about now. B)   The handle of the Nerf Gun sticking out of the backpack. Did he take that to school? Because that’s a one-year expulsion, dude, no […]

Boys In Business

The boys have set up shop in the living room. It began in one corner with Nelson opening The Pokémon Shop. He sat in a Cracker Barrel rocking chair from Grandma Judy, behind a bench I bought from an elementary school craft show, wearing a $2 baseball cap from Target. He is wearing an old […]