We REALLY WANT HER TO RUN
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Family, Jocelyn | No Comments »The situation: T-ball game, Jocelyn is on third base. Third base coach phone rings, answers it, then hangs up. Jocelyn looks at him: "Was that my parents telling you to tell me to run?"
My next car will be…
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in Ethan, Family, Jocelyn | No Comments »Well, if my kids have their way, at least. And who am I to argue? This happened while driving the kids home from school on Friday. So, after taking a turn onto rt 28, I see behind ...
Recent lovely husband - wife exchange (2)
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Amy, Family | No Comments »I noticed that with my last post of a similar name, I got a few search hits for "wife exchange", so I can't help but to use it again. Situation: We're in Old Town Alexandria with friends (Kurt and Ann), just ...
Father’s day, 2008 (So Far)
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Amy, Ethan, Family, General Life, Jocelyn | No Comments »Present #1: A piece of construction paper with Jocelyn's handprints (in paint) on it which she made at school. I love these little things that the kids made, and are SO proud and SO excited to give you. ...
Old farts and their hobbies
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Family, Rockets, rants | 2 Comments »This past weekend, me and the family spent an hour or so at the Manassas Railway Heritage Festival. Several groups had model train layouts setup underneath the Pavilion. These layouts are, of course, why we really go. ...
Recent lovely husband - wife exchange
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Amy, Family, General Life | No Comments »Her: "James? Remember when I told you about tapping bumpers (NOT a euphemism, you twats!) with a truck this morning?" Me: *playing with Ethan's new DS, to make sure it works before we wrap it up and give it to ...
Ethan REALLY pays attention to Mythbusters
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Ethan, Family | No Comments »Exchange this morning: Jocelyn (pointing to my glass full of coke): "What's that?" Me: "It's my coke, a type of soda" (my regular breakfast: 1 can of coke and 1 packet of Strawberry, NON-frosted, Pop-Tarts. And not the generic kind of ...
Jocelyn playing guitar
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Family, Jocelyn | No Comments »NOTE: This has been sitting in my "Drafts" folder for quite some time. Jocelyn found a guitar sticker or something this weekend and told me and her mommy "This is a GEETAR!". So I decided to get out my guitar, ...
Ethan only wants to play HALF of T-ball
Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in Ethan | No Comments »We've signed Ethan up for T-ball this year, and this morning he said to me (as we were getting into the car) "Daddy, we need to play some t-ball outside so I can practice!". Of course, it's only 22 ...
The two Ethan’s
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in Ethan | No Comments »Ethan (my son) has another Ethan in his class at his school, and has for a few years. They used to cause so much trouble together that last year the school put them in separate classes, but they only have ...