This is one of those stray stories from many, many moons ago that popped into my head the other day, and, as I may have mentioned before, it is my firm belief that my embarrassing moments have at least some redemptive value if I can share them and make you laugh a little. So, here […]
Off Island
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Surviving And Thriving At Chuck E. Cheese
Well, we all chucked it up (not upchucked, thankfully) at Chuck E. Cheese on Thursday. It’s always fun to see how the three personalities manifest themselves in places like this. My little girl mainly wanted to ride everything she could. This ride was her favorite, so she rode it four times. She never really got […]
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The Lookout Game
Last week, I found the small people playing a new game. It looked like this. Apparently, it’s called “Lookout.†I noticed my eldest was holding a telescope, so I asked them what they were looking out for. Their answer was illuminating. “We don’t know. Stuff.†“Like pirates?†I asked excitedly. Pause. “Could be.†“Saber-toothed alien […]
S’mores With A Side Of Creepy Stories
Last Saturday night, the Island Family decided to s’more it up. Since the area where we are staying right now is rather woodsy, it seemed like the right thing to do. LCB tromped off into the surrounding vegetation to gather a compilation of “things that would burn.†I tromped off to the kitchen to gather […]
See, that’s just wrong!
On a whim, really, I decided I’d like to share my spur-of-the-moment list of ten of the things that are just wrong with the world. They just started coming to me randomly after I got a whiff of some potatoes yesterday (see below for elaboration). So, I thought I’d share them because I figured some […]
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My Son Loves Reading, Except When He Doesn’t
A couple weeks ago, we went to the library, which was an unusual event only in that all five of us went together. As we were pulling into the parking lot, my eldest dropped a bomb. “I hate reading,†came the revelatory proclamation from the back seat of the minivan. I gripped my door handle […]