If I ever (against very high odds to the contrary) have a genetically related child, I am going to definitely teach him or her sign language as early as I possibly can. My good friend izaaksmom did this with her son I, and I have always been intrigued and impressed by this. Part of the reason I have no desire for having my own genetic children is related to how dumb babies are. I know...

I needed to start a new entry to draw some thoughts together. Thanks to both lordlucless and the_least for their comments. I am happy to concede the GTA really is written as a social satire, though I'm prepared to stand by my gross generalisation that a lot of people won't get it at such, which is more a reflection on those gamers than on the product (heaven forbid we should blame...

So at the end of last week, Amica and Izaak came for a visit.  (Thank you again  izaaksmom   for babysitting for us so that we could go out on a date!!) Here's a bunch of pics of Izaak and Verity together.  Now thanks to Amica they have matching shirts, sweaters and sunglasses.         They also enjoyed playing in Colby's crate together.  They took turns pretending to be lions or...

1) No, I can't sponsor you a ticket, emurphy42 to fly over for dinner! If I had any money I'd get off this overly large island and find one with a better library 2) izaaksmom , my copy of the 'Into the Wild' book arrived yesterday, I'll let you know how it goes. 3) Apparently, so my infinite classics-teaching resources tell me, I can now play World of Warcraft with a latin-speaking...

I was having an  izaaksmom  moment. I found myself at Boscov's the other day and got a 3-piece absolutely adorable outfit for Verity that was originally $26 for $2.99. Then I found a pair of shorts for myself that were originally $29 for $7.   My jaw dropped when the lady said my total.  And the best part.....I had a gift card so technically, they were free. Yeah, baby.  

Well if you check izaaksmom  's blog you know that she and Izaak came down for a vacation. It was so nice to have them here.  We love it when they come and stay with us. Izaak and Verity got to take baths together.  And Izaak wanted to show Verity all the cool things that her toys can do. Izaak and Colby shared some fun moments together.   We also had some dinner guests while...