Fall is a short season here in Minnesota so when we get days like today it is a good idea to get out and enjoy it. This morning Ouest and I went to a nearby park and wandered around through the woods for a while. She brought along a pink … Read More
Twenty Years
Tartan High School class of 1992. Holy crap are we getting old. We had our twenty-year reunion last night which meant first and foremost that Ali and I were going out without the kids. Yeah, big deal. What we both would have probably really enjoyed doing with those few hours … Read More
Lowe 14-Months, Ouest 34-Months
The kids are getting big. Ouest is really easy these days. She plays good, is imaginative, talks and talks, says please and thank-you without prodding, and all sorts of things that make her seem less like my baby girl and more like my big girl. Today we went on a … Read More
Not Today
Feeling overwhelmed lately. Our life sure looks carefree from the outside, but sometimes it feels like we just heap a ton of crap onto our “schedule.” Before we know what happened we’re cruising along on three or four hours of sleep a night, and not because the kids aren’t sleeping, … Read More
Winter Already
And just like that it is winter. Minnesota. Man. Ali asked her sister today if we were going to get any more warm weather and she said, “Oh yeah, it will get into the fifties.” Doesn’t she know that water, and small white Mexican children, freeze at 52 degrees? Then … Read More
Squeeze
Well stop squeezin’ man.
Soaking It Up
Ali took Ouest to the library this morning for storytime. It took Ouest a minute to figure out the concept of sitting around with other kids while a stranger reads a book, but she eventually got into it. Afterwards she received a stamp on her hand and got to play … Read More
Up In The Air
The past couple of days have been spent hanging out around home, having another dinner or two with family, and the like. But mostly what we’ve, or rather Ali, have been doing is packing. If you saw us packing up to go to the airport you’d think, “There is no … Read More