Back from Slumber

I’m sorry I haven’t updated in a while. After the excitement over the holidays has subsided and the cold, cruel winter kicks in – short days, dead outdoors – I get sporadically pulled in this dark abyss where personal demons try to devour me....
Christmas Weekend

Christmas Weekend

Here are a few photos from our Christmas weekend with my brother’s family who visited us from New York. We had a huge amount of snowfall that weekend, with snowflakes the size of dimes. Mica, Rinoa and my niece Jessi couldn’t resist playing in the snow....

Counting Down December

This year, I thought I’d make the holiday celebrations more exciting for Mica and Rinoa by having them count down the days before Christmas and filling their December with holiday activities. I’ve never given much interest to Advent Calendars before but...

Happy Snow Day

We woke up this morning to find that everything outside is covered in snowy white. I guess it’s officially winter. Time for holiday gift wrapping, peppermint mochas, and snowball fights. Mica and Rinoa couldn’t wait to play outside. We started the morning...

Funnies, Part 2

“I thought it was called tempura paint.”       – Mica, on a discussion about tempera paints during Art class The following instances show how Mica needs to work on her definitions. Daddy and Mica during Chemistry class....

Funnies, Part 1

“I don’t like the color green because it’s the color of boogers – not the boogers you eat but the boogers that come out of your nose.”       – Rinoa, explaining why she doesn’t like the color green...