Best Friends: A Boy and His Dog

Connor:  It’s too beautiful to be inside today, right Mommy? Me (thinking, “It is sunny and only 90 degrees outside”):  Yes, Connor. Connor:  I’m not going to ask to do computer until after bathtime today. That good, Mommy? Me (stifling an “I know where this is coming from” giggle):  Yes, Connor. And he didn’t.  He…

Last night’s storm did indeed cool things off a bit, and today was a lovely day with bright skies and a warm breeze. We decided to take advantage of the break in the heat to visit nearby Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, a beautiful 95-acre garden paradise. We first visited Meadowlark with a homeschool co-op last Fall….

What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with a bruncheon at Perona Farms, the restaurant where Patrick and I had our wedding reception almost 13 years ago! After all, without that wedding, of which the reception following was a part, we would not have been celebrating Father’s Day with our two little ones this…

This week “Grandma with Sammy” lost her Sammy, a sixteen-year-old chocolate lab. We are all saddened by Sammy’s passing, but Connor said it best; “Dat mot (not) fair; dogs meed (need) wive (live) fore’er!” Twelve years ago, my brother brought a young chocolate lab, Sammy, to live with my Mom. At the time, Mom was…

A beautiful Fall day, a bike riding triumph, books at bedtime… what a day! After a week and a half of record breaking temperatures, Fall finally made an appearance today. With cooler temperatures, a new bike helmet, and a whole row of empty spaces in our parking lot, the boys and I headed out for…

Tomorrow is the last day of school, and so tonight I am burning the midnight oil trying to finish up teachers’ gifts. Are you wondering why the Mom of two home-schooled boys is making teachers’ gifts? No, I’m not making these for myself. Although I am tempted to keep them, they are truly for the…