Category Archives: Violet

More Pictures

By admin | Published: 13 Apr ’09

Two bubble pictures: Peppers growing: Violets growing:

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Jesus Shaves

By admin | Published: 13 Apr ’09

Every year at this time I am reminded of one of my favorite stories by David Sedaris. He tells the story of being in France, being with a very diverse group of foreigners, and learning the French language. They discuss Easter. It’s funny, you should read the story. Mason is a junkie. His drug of [...]

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Bubbles

By admin | Published: 2 Apr ’09

It was a rainy afternoon in Raleigh, but still warm enough that it made for a nice afternoon of bubble blowing. Literally an entire afternoon of blowing. Nearly two hours of bubble blowing. It went on and on and on. I thought small people had short attention spans. I can’t even enjoy something like that [...]

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Violet’s Dirty Look

By admin | Published: 21 Mar ’09

She shot this look at Mason yesterday…

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Hopscotch

By admin | Published: 11 Mar ’09
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Oh, yeah, and she spelled my name again…

By admin | Published: 8 Mar ’09
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Mad Talent

By admin | Published: 2 Mar ’09

So yesterday, Violet, Colleen and I were hanging out in the bedroom. I was on the computer doing my own thing, Colleen was working on something, and Violet was drawing on some paper at Colleen’s desk. Violet says she’s going to write a grocery list. I told her that was fine, but she had to [...]

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Sitting around the house

By admin | Published: 28 Feb ’09

Violet looking beautiful. Violet being goofy. Violet’s bedroom art installation. Mason not amused.

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Mason’s (2nd) Second Birthday Party

By admin | Published: 16 Jan ’09

I know we’ve been celebrating Mason’s birthday for (what seems like) weeks. He had his last birthday party tonight with just the family. It was a nice, quiet affair with cupcakes and a couple presents. That boy loves to blow out his birthday candles. He got a Fisher Price Cash Register and some more Legos [...]

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Christmas Cookies

By admin | Published: 21 Dec ’08

The kids had Christmas Cookies for breakfast while sitting on the couch watching Sponge Bob. What are you going to do about it? Here are the gravitational forces at work on the Gingerbread House: Drawings of various people (and Daisy, the stuffed cat) by Violet:

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Merry Christmas!

By admin | Published: 19 Dec ’08

Okay, a bit of business first. Working in corporate America, I am worried about my job. I work for a large, building materials supplier, we have seen our business decrease drastically over the last several years, laying off thousands and closing about 100 of our locations. There’s a plan out there to help the situation; [...]

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Handmade Knit Hat

By admin | Published: 30 Nov ’08

It was cool enough here yesterday that we had to bundle up a bit. Violet got to wear her hat made for her by our friend, Emily.

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