A New Year!

Happy 2014! Christmas this year was so much fun. We made do with Adam being at work, and the kids loved the Santa experience. They have been spending every waking moment playing with their new toys, reading their new books, and jumping on the trampoline. And with this cold, we have also been enjoying quite…

Christmas 2013

Christmas this year will be quite different. Away from our families, I am trying to muster the energy to pull of a Christmas for these kids that they will love and enjoy. Peggy visited us this weekend and we had an early Christmas with the Oyos’ via FaceTime. Later, we opened up gifts from the…

Sam-isms in Sam Land

“No Daddy, don’t. Don’t. Timeout Daddy.” —this happened one night while Adam was helping Sam ride the Y-bike. It was complete with Sam shaking and pointing his finger at Adam and directing him to the timeout spot. I started laughing so hard I had to walk away. He was absolutely furious that Adam wasn’t moving…