In honor of Mother’s Day, here’s a funny video of two brothers trying to take a picture for their mom for Mother’s Day. It makes me laugh every time I watch it!
Mother’s Day
Remind me not to adopt two boys. (Just kidding!)
Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms out there!

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There’s a new show on PBS that the boys have decided is their new favorite… Super Why? is the animated story of four storybook characters who solve their problems by looking in other story books to find answers. There’s Red Riding Hood, Pig (the son of one of the Three Pigs), Princess Pea and Wyatt. […]

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After dinner while the kids are whining playing, Rudy and I will often sneakily eat a treat. Usually we will sit down on the kitchen floor with our backs against the cupboards and indulge. We don’t mind sharing our sweets with the kids, but we are trying to teach them healthy eating habits . […]

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So I’ve been working pretty much nonstop on this here site the past few days. Jenny and I pretty much GO GO GO all the time and our human chill machine has gone on vacation. We’ve sent dozens of emails, IMs, text messages, voice mails, other things that make us sound technie, blah […]

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It’s Seafair weekend in Seattle, our annual summer celebration marked by hydroplane races, festivals, music… and the Blue Angels. Six blue and yellow F/A-18 Hornets (that’s a SUPER FAST airplane, in case you didn’t know) that perform aerial tricks so unbelievable, they’re sure to blow your mind.
I was raised on the Blue Angels. Every year […]

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CJ’s soccer class is struggling. Full of 3 and 4 year old “high-energy” (e.g. out of control) boys and one girl, it’s typically rather painful to watch the coach try to coerce the unruly ragamuffins into a) listening, b) following instructions, and c) not wrapping themselves up in the net (their FAVORITE activity).
So it probably […]

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My darling and very imaginative son is infatuated with superheroes. Superman, Spiderman, Batman… if it has “man” appended to the end, he’s a fan.
So I probably shouldn’t have been surprised when he started talking about himself in the third person.
“Super CJ is hungry. Super CJ needs… ice cream!”
“Mom, you’re frozen. Super CJ just froze you.”
I […]

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