mobster

In our Christmas letter this year I mentioned that it is hard to keep track of Will's character of the moment. However, he does show ce...

the mantis

This is the sort of crazy stuff that happens when your mother is a biologist.

birthday boy

William is a big boy now. Somehow turning three has given him an extra boost of confidence, although he still occasionally resorts to: ...

fun with alpacas

A couple Saturdays ago we got to tour Morning Moon Alpacas with the fam. The kids fell in love with this little guy, named Phe...

for the love of chickens

The Hens Elizabeth Madox Roberts The night was coming very fast; It reached the gate as I ran past. The pigeons had go...

say what

I have a little black notebook that is slowly filling with funny conversations and quips from the kids. Last week I was looking through th...

the architetect

Margaret & William can spend hours with their building blocks. It is fun to watch Margaret's creativity as she learns how to constr...

zebras are reactionaries

The construction crew is hard at work in our attic and filling our house with lots of banging and sawing. So yesterday we took a trip to the...