Doodle Acres

Lately my four year old Peter has taken up a new hobby – catalog coveting.  With the Christmas season nearly upon us (at least for the retailers), he can be often found sitting in a chair “reading” a Lego or toy catalog uttering phrases akin to “Can you get me this for my birthday?”  or “Can [...]

but this might be taking it a little far…

This morning, while we were all working on our chores, my eight year old daughter, Lily, came to me with a request.

“Could you tell Lenny [her 13 year old brother] that there is no password to get into the upstairs bathroom?”

“And could you them him that if there was a password, it wouldn’t be “LILY’S [...]

My daughter, Lily (7 11/12), started making paper airplanes while we were sitting this morning watching the USA Women’s soccer team win the Gold medal.  We were all amazed at how well her planes were flying.  She told us that her daddy had taught her how to make them.

While struggling to get his to fly, [...]

Well the children and I are back in Vermont visiting my parents.  Last night we went out to dinner and on the car ride home, I asked my mom to be sure that Peter (3 1/2) didn’t fall asleep, as I was driving. 

So she diligently kept him awake by asking him questions.  She started with the [...]

Yes, I know that he will kill me when he’s older if he ever finds out I blogged this picture.  But isn’t it adorable???