Locking Doors

Locking Doors

This is what I wrote to Amanda this morning: Our daughter was in the guest room laughing at Cobb, who was on the bed.  I went to check on her and she told me to turn off the light and shut the door as I was leaving.  Of course.  So a few minutes later I […]

Carcassonne Revenge

Carcassonne Revenge

Amanda got her revenge for moderately beating her at Carcassonne a few days ago by moderately beating me tonight.  I say moderate when both games were won by 20 (in this case) or more (in the last game’s case), but given how high scoring they were, 20 points isn’t really all that much.  Of note […]

Ponzo Peety

Ponzo Peety

Milly found the Rapunzel dress the Hauensteins gave her for her birthday and decided to put it on today, then she decided to watch Tangled.  I put both of them on for her.  Milly started out by pointing our Rapunzel’s chameleon friend, Paschal.  Then, as Rapunzel started to sing When Will My Life Begin, Milly […]

Fine Dining Restaurant-Quality Dinner

Fine Dining Restaurant-Quality Dinner

Our small group was treated to a fine dining restaurant-quality dinner by the Ayars tonight.  No joke.  I mean their place smelled like a restaurant. The first course was what Paul described as sort of a fisherman’s soup.  Honestly, I didn’t like a lot of the stuff in it, but I did give it a […]

Patience

Patience

Amanda has recognized that there are some traits Milly seems to have gotten from her side that she’d like to curb, patience being one in particular.  We’re trying to work with Milly on that lately.  She gets very frustrated when her needs are not immediately met (and I say “needs” loosely), like when she wants […]