We’ve been counting down the days with Ouest for five days now. “Ouest, how many days until Grammy gets here?” Five days, four days, three days, two days, one day, today. “Now?” she asked after getting told it was today. “No. Right now Grammy is on the airplane way up … Read More

We created a bit of a stir while out walking around today. The kids were a spectacle. Ouest brought along her wagon and it wasn’t too long before we’d grown weary and plopped Lowe in it. And then block after block Ouest pulled him along behind her just as happy … Read More

Kids must be born fearless because watching Lowe slowly sink with that serene look in his eyes doesn’t make any sense if he knows he can’t swim. I think it is amazing that in their first year or so of life kids have a reflex that allows them to go … Read More

Ouest: “What’s this Mama?” Ali: “A tube of garlic bulbs.” Ouest: “For moley?” That’s guacamole. Ouest rolling the tube around in her hands: “Wow cow.” That’s holy cow to the rest of us. Wow cow to Ouest. She uses that one throughout the day whenever something impresses her. Wow cow … Read More

Busy day today. There was still a bunch of things to do at the boat, and the big one was replacing a bilge pump and making sure both of them were doing the job correctly. So Ouest and I left early, stopped at Zaragozas for a pump, returned the rental … Read More

The past couple of days have been nothing but get ready to leave the boat days. Ali’s always been the type to leave everything behind immaculately cleaned, straightened out, and ready for our eventual return. So she’s shouldered most of the work of prepping the boat for a couple of … Read More

Ouest is a full on swimming machine. Something clicked for her today. Up to now she could swim, but that only meant she could dog paddle in place for a little while. She couldn’t move. But today that all changed and she figured out how to move. Forward, backward, around … Read More

Today’s pictures make me smile from ear to ear. Lowe is growing up quick now and all of the sudden he is fun. He has a sense of humor. He likes to be chased. He squeals, he talks to himself, and he laughs. He’s still a lot of work, but … Read More

This is the kids playing with the new refrigerator. They like this one way better than the old one. It comes complete with ice cubes. Since we’ve only got a week left on the boat before traipsing off for the summer we figured we’d just go this route instead of … Read More

A couple weeks back Ali thought it would be funny to teach Ouest my name. I think because it is so close to Papa she really took a shine to it. She now splits it about fifty-fifty with Papa. “Hey Ouest, it’s time to eat.” “Why Pot?” Or, “Ouest, I … Read More

We’re back in the swing of things around here. What that means is we do about an hour worth of boat projects per day and spend the rest of the time wrangling kids, swimming, eating, playing, napping, doing laundry, and everything else that goes with it. The boat projects at … Read More