Priorities

Sam is having a sleepover. The activity of the night is highly addictive computer game. When his buddy arrived, they went straight to the laptops.

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That was 3 hours ago, buddy still has his backpack on.

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When Dad’s in Charge … TIMBER!

Under my supervision backyard activities include: swinging, sliding, a little tree climbing, trampoline jumping, the odd home-made zip line (that never work) and impromptu boxing matches (Lizzy please quit hitting your brother). When Mr. MK is in charge, however, it really gets … all lumberjack like, and destructive. Don’t be Read more…

We’re Going Downhill –> FAST!

Sam and Lizzy are in downhill racing this year. Sunday was their first race. Here comes Sam. My first thought when I realized it was him was, ‘for the love of God, do your coat up!’ Then I snapped out of it and started taking photos. As you can see, Read more…

Holed Up!

Thanks for all the emails making sure that I am alive and well! With my memory the way it is, I’m pretty sure I would have forgotten I have a blog if you all hadn’t reminded me. We had a great holiday filled with grandmas, grandpas, great-grandmas, uncles, aunts, great-aunts, Read more…

Gingerbread Houses

Every year I buy the gingerbread house kits from the supermarket. They’re easy and tons of fun (when you’re not yelling at the kids to stop eating all the candies). This year all our ‘gingerbread crafting fun’ took place under the super-happy SNL Gumby Christmas slogan, that I unhappily drew Read more…