Oink

I went to the doctor today as I started feeling poorly towards the end of the Halloween festival last night. I tested negative for H1N1 and strep and ended up with a “mystery virus” diagnosis. I’m still not convinced it’s not H1N1 since I have many of the symptoms and the test has [...]

Cheap Sunday Thrills

Today we partook in a bunch of free activities.
First we headed over to the mall side of town. MonkeyBoy entertained himself by modeling a trick-or-treat basket on his head.

Then we went to the Build-A-Bear store as they had sent me a coupon for a free stuffed animal. I’m not sure why I rated [...]

Five on Friday

My dad was here visiting last week. My mom had come for a week earlier in the month to help me while MonkeyMan was out of town, and I think my dad felt left out. MonkeyBoy misses them both and asks for them daily. I think he wore them both out with playing and shopping. [...]

Dino party

We attended our first Halloween party of the season today. I have a diverse group of friends here and one of them is a professional photographer. Another is a mother of two and wife to man fighting cancer. Together they planned a party/fundraiser for the cancer center that is helping my friend’s [...]

Run quick….

… the train is gonna get you!

He actually had a fabulous time visiting with and riding Thomas the Tank Engine. He’s still talking about it five hours later, as we try to get him down for bed. It’s just that the pictures were unfortunately taken soon after the Great Doggie-Shaped-Balloon Popping Tragedy of [...]

Fishing at the Zoo

I took MonkeyBoy to the zoo today and he had a blast in the children’s area. He spent so much time “fishing”, oblivious to the real thing swimming inches from him.

Birthday Boy

Happy #3 to our little guy!
(The hat was totally his idea!)