New addition to the family
So today we went to our two boys' soccer games. We went home with a new dog. Of course! Isn't that what happens to everyone? Well, Iowa was playing Wisconsin so there was a lot of game traffic … more
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Projects and Parenting
If there's one thing my boys love, it's projects! We always have a large stack of "How it works" books, workshop tools, Make magazine issues, electronics kits, magnets, Legos, and other stuff … more
Summer Trip
Well I think that I can say that this has been my longest post-free period ever! No, I haven't died... My family and I went on a trip to Costa Rica in July. It was really something. We … more
Visiting Alabama
My son, Damian, competed last Summer in the Bassmaster CastingKids competition in Iowa and took 1st place at the state level. CastingKids is all about using a hookless lure to practice casting … more
Six Flags/Great America in Gurnee
We went to Six Flags yesterday (Saturday, 9/24). What a day! We woke up at 5:30 in the morning, stayed until park closing (7:00), and got home at 1:30. My sister and her husband each got free … more
News from Second Grade
I was looking through some papers that my younger son, Gabriel, brought home today from school, and one of those was his weekly news items that he writes. I particularly enjoyed this one from March … more
New niece!
Yesterday was a great day, with my sister giving birth to her third child (second daughter), Felicity! We've had her other two to help out and they can't wait to get back home with new sister. … more
Welcome Alexander!
My brother and his wife had a new baby yesterday! Alexander Agustin is 9 lbs, 4 oz and 20" long. His two older sisters are delighted, as are all of us! We wish them all the best of … more
Now what did we learn today?
Both of my boys are in Cub Scouts. Each year we have the Pinewood Derby (racing wooden cars), and the Raingutter Regatta (racing wooden boats). Both are great character-building activities whereby … more
Scraps and pieces
My wife and I have decided to give the boys something to keep them occupied during the summer, and hopefully after that. They love to draw, and even write about things we do as a family. It seemed … more