J’s specialty dessert is a Greek cookie known as koularakia – little cookies twisted into ribbons. They’re quite tasty and have the added benefit of being something that the kids can help her make. Not only do they work on the dough together, but the kids also have a fun time twisting the dough into the […]
Read MoreSometimes, I hate that all the good local pre-Ks are Church based. I’m as religious as the next guy, but in a religious school, it’s way too easy for the teachers to invoke God when they can’t handle things. It drives me crazy. In fact, I’ve told both my kids that if anyone ever tells […]
Read MoreBoth the kids have been spending a lot of time playing pretend lately. Everything they sit on immediately turns into a train or a boat or a rocket ship. Once we even had a flying house boat with a seven story hotel on it. The other night, however, things took a slightly different turn. The […]
Read MoreYou know all about karma, right? The things we do come full-circle to us? Some believe in it, some don’t. Here’s a case where karma took a whole generation to come around. Pretty cool, huh? Today’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click Here to Read It! Keywords for searchers: Hops, Ice, Nana, momma
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it. Keywords for Searchers: Octavius, gold fish, tad pole
Read MoreToday’s tale is in the Chronicle. Click here to read it! I really like the title the Chronicle gave this one, but unfortunately it’s too long to put on the top of this entry. They called it “duck-dodging a public tantrum” Keywords for searchers: Gallinule, duck, tantrum, epcot
Read MoreToday’s Tale (actually Friday’s Tale) appears in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Keywords for searchers: fireworks, publix, banana nose, I’ve been asked why I post the link to the Chronicle articles here, instead of on the front page. The answer is that putting a stub here lets you make comments.
Read MoreWe have in our kitchen a little plastic kid’s table. We picked it up at a garage sale years ago, and the kids love using it. In fact, whenever we’re not eating as a family, that’s where they prefer to eat. This morning they were eating breakfast there while I cleaned up in the kitchen. […]
Read MoreToday’s Tale is in the Seminole Chronicle. Click here to read it! Keywords for Searchers: Animal Kingdom, Pocahontas, show, set up, shushed
Read MoreI was driving the kids some place the other day, when they started talking about what they wanted to be when they grow up. It was the usual assortment of professions: truck driver, fireman, astronaut, architect, and so forth. After he said “astronaut,” however, C paused for a few moments and then asked “do you […]
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