Fire Trucks and Doughnuts

Fire Trucks and Doughnuts

Milly told me this morning that she wanted to walk to the store and get a doughnut.  It was nice out and it was still relatively early, so I thought that sounded like a fine idea.  We both walked the whole way, though I did carry Milly on my shoulders over halfway back, and on […]

Alphabet Bribery

Alphabet Bribery

Having been admittedly impressed by Jacob and his alphabet sounds yesterday, as well as a little embarrassed that we haven’t worked with Milly on that, I bribed Milly into doing her alphabet sounds and singing the ABC song this morning.  She ended up hanging out in the office all morning, which was kind of nice. […]

Help from Michael and Jenn

Help from Michael and Jenn

Michael won a game of Catan tonight.  It was pretty hotly contested, with Amanda having several chances to win.  The first time she could have won, I was able to make a trade with Jenn and steal the longest road from her, temporarily setting her back until she reclaimed the two-point honor.  Then on her […]

Grimm 50/50

Grimm 50/50

Around 3:00 today Amanda came to the office and asked what I thought about going to see a 5:00 movie.  I said that sounded good so she started calling around to see who could watch Milly.  Our choices were limited because Milly’s still getting over a cold, so we didn’t want to put her with […]

Epic Rap Battles

Epic Rap Battles

Last night I discovered Epic Rap Battles of History.  How I never saw these videos before is something I’ll wonder until the end of my days.  They’re rap battles between two sometimes similar people or polar opposites (usually): Darth Vader vs. Adolph Hitler, Dr. Seuss vs. William Shakespeare, Justin Bieber vs. Beethoven, Christopher Columbus vs. […]