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Treehouse of Horror part 5

So I’m walking down the road carrying a 4×8 sheet of paneling on my back, feeling a bit like a pack mule, and each gust of wind gives me a bit of a lift off…and I’m honestly wondering if enough wind would jerk the thing out of my hands [...]

By |2022-12-09T23:29:31-08:00May 27th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Digging for Dinosaurs

A friend of mine, Kobeyeh, suggested this activity to me.  Get some small dinosaurs and freeze them in a block of ice.  Once frozen, let your kids pretend they're archeologists...or paleontologists.  I'm not sure which, but I THINK archeologists dig 'em up and give them to paleontologists to study.  Either [...]

By |2015-05-21T18:18:10-07:00May 21st, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Treehouse of Horror part 4

Ok…just when I thought my briar-scratched skin and hammer-smashed fingers and floor-joist-bumped noggin issues were nearing their end, my itchy eye that has itched all week is now read and looks like pink eye.  It’s NOT pink eye, but try telling that to all the people who’s paths I cross [...]

By |2015-05-21T12:13:16-07:00May 21st, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Treehouse of Horror part 3

So, progress on the treehouse is finally underway.  The first weekend, 2 of my nephews and a buddy of theirs helped me do parts that I couldn’t do by myself, namely the floor joists.  It was a bit slow moving as I didn’t have all the tools required.  But, thankfully, [...]

By |2015-05-20T12:51:01-07:00May 20th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Treehouse of Horror part 2

The treehouse I’m building for my twin 5 year olds is going to be just behind my fenced in backyard in the woods.  I’ve had to clear away underbrush, chop down small trees…and then there’s the briars.  Briars, briars, briars, and behind those briars? More briars.  In years past, the [...]

By |2015-05-15T05:08:01-07:00May 15th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Grammar Police

My boys are now reading pretty well and so have started reading signs everywhere we go.  While at Food Lion, Eli read "Thank You For Shopping Food Lion."  After much discussion between the two boys, they decided the sign was missing the word "at" and should, of course, say "Thank [...]

By |2015-05-12T09:13:52-07:00May 12th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Treehouse of Horror?

I’ve decided to build the boys a treehouse.  I’m not sure if the end result will be quite what I see in my head, but as long as it’s done by their birthday and isn’t condemned, I’ll be happy.  Behind my backyard, there are 5…I want to say “Oak trees” [...]

By |2015-05-12T08:44:24-07:00May 12th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

It’s Not Magic, It’s Science!

This weekend we went to Charlotte’s “The Discovery Place.”  This is a science museum for the young and young at heart that teaches everything from electricity to pulleys to tricks of the eye to animals…and on and on and on.  And, this particular one also has an IMAX theater, or [...]

By |2015-04-27T09:56:22-07:00April 27th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Not Every Day Turns Out as Planned…

Last Saturday, I hoped to experience something new and fun with my family.  Scottish Highland Games…   I’d never been, my wife had never been, and my twin boys didn’t even know what they were.  So, we were off to a brave…old…world. I guess the problems started with the mud.  There [...]

By |2015-04-27T09:55:48-07:00April 27th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Oasis in the Mountains

Ok.  We went to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge this weekend.  If I had to describe the experience in just one word, that word would be "expensive."  If I was allowed 2 words, the 2nd would be "fun."  In that order though!  We went through Great Smoky National Park first, saw [...]

By |2015-04-06T05:55:24-07:00April 6th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments
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