Words of the Week

I started reading "Tom Sawyer" to the boys. They're not too interested in the story, but Tom definitely reminds me of the soon-to-be third-grader.

"Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in."
- Mark Twain, in the preface to "Tom Sawyer"

First Law of Family Dynamics

Old Wahoo's First Law of Family Dynamics states that with three or more children, one child shall be in meltdown mode at all times in order for there to be equilibrium in the universe. The one exception to that rule is when all three children have meltdowns at the same time, as chaos supersedes all laws.

Words of the Week

I've been reading the Chronicles of Narnia to the boys. (Mrs. Wahoo has been doing the heavy lifting, though). Can you tell?

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
- C.S. Lewis

Keeping cool

The weekend was hot. Rob kept cool.

Words of the Week

Words to live by from one of the greatest presidents.

Whatever you are, be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln

Imagination on the Loose

The Moose just doused me with imaginary water after a make-believe fire had consumed me in flames. I told him he had a great imagination, and then I asked him where my imagination was. "It ran away," he said.

The Sporting Life

The family just returned from a vacation Up North in Antrim County, Michigan. It was a great time filled with sailing, fishing, kayaking and more of the sporting life.