Archive for August, 2009

So the government is giving away money if you turn in you crappy old car and buy a new one. And it turns out that Mom’s old Volvo (which is falling apart) just qualifies. It just scrapes by not being too old and it just scrapes by not getting too good of gas mileage.  Now,… »

Met my mini Mom’s group (Amanda & Tricia) at a kid friendly restaurant who had a corner of toys and a kids’ menu with veggie plates that come in the shape of a face (eg olive eyes, salami mouth etc). We had a rude waitress though who clearly didn’t like kids. Ah well. It was… »

Escaped the heat today and drove up to the cabin to see Katherine & Susan…

As well as Susan’s daughter (also named Katherine) and her two almost-teens (and their friends).

A bit of swimming and a walk in the woods naming things.

I’m totally enjoying these 4 days of 100% Gus (while Charles focuses on his app… »

After spending yesterday with Javin (who is super athletic and although couldn’t walk yet, was super good at climbing things), Gus can now climb up on chairs to reach anything on the table and scale the wooden barrier to the cat litter with ease.

Javin, on the other hand, has decided he can walk.

(of… »

Just a quick apology for not posting lately -my hard-drive is full and so can’t add more photos. But I am about to push the delete button and get rid of several years of them to make room. (Having just bought two huge backup drives). I’ll try to at least get some of the… »