Category Archive for 'My family is insane'

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Monday, December 31st, 2007

Nicolaus and my dad took a walk together. They have a lot of weirdness in common. I snapped this during a recent visit as we were on our way to lunch, just minutes before I abandoned all pretense of being a photographer who doesn’t over-process.

A better day indeed

Friday, November 30th, 2007

That damned scientific method is no match for little kids. After almost a week of Nicolaus’ stormy moods and Graham whiny naughtiness, today they have been wonderful. Cute. Sweet. Funny. Mellow. There was one little incident involving the portable DVD player but that was my fault for getting on the phone.
Other than that, awesome. They [...]

A post full of everything

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

A couple of weeks ago, Kevin made himself a huge pot of smalltown boy soup. I’m not excited about soup. I have no particular problem with it, it’s not gross or anything… I just always go mmm yeah soup. Or! Oooh! Something else!
Well it was a really really huge pot of soup see, and our [...]

Lessons

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Every home has its unspoken lessons. In my house growing up, there were some odd ones. But these are the lessons we learned that have served me well, that I hope to pass down in some way to the boys. Alright I might not emphasize the one about lipstick with them… maybe change lipstick to [...]

Goodness gracious me oh my, I’m gonna bake you in a pie

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

Where have I been? Well, I might ask YOU the same question!
Oh wait. Right. You were right there. Sorry.
My parents came into town and we spent the last few days watching my cute kids be cute and cruising around town in their odd-smelling rental car and eating out and visiting and then putting the kids [...]