An innocent prank? Yeah, I think so.

It was a beautiful Memorial day and we decided to stop at Sparbucks and Kellog park in down town Plymouth after mass this morning. We used a gift card to buy some yummy chocolate frapuchinos and walked over to the fountain in the park. To our suprise, and the kids delight, the fountain was full of thick bubbles. Being a male who played a lot of pranks growing up my first thought was some teens put a LOT of bubble bath in to make that many bubbles. Anna, innocent as she is, thought the city must be cleaning out the pump system. We'll the kids took no time at all to jump up on the edge and put their feet in. They played for a while, popping bubbles and getting them all over their hands and feet. I thought the bubbles smelled familiar, some scent from my childhood. Well it turns out I was right all along. on the far side of the fountain, behind, not inside the trash container, was a BIG box of Tide detergent. The culprits left behind evidence of their crime.


I couldn't help but think about hoew much fun it must have been to run to the center of the fountain and dump a box of powdery whiteness into the spashing water and watch the hydrophilic wonders come forth.

A rainy Saturday

Anna found the kids a neat teeter totter at a garage sale a few days ago and the kids have been trying to wear it out.
It's especially cool because one, two or all three kids can play on it.

Joshua the Legislator

This morning while Maria was helping clear the breakfast dishes she grabbed a glass that still had some orange juice in it and carlessly spilled it while she walked. I said something to the effect that I would have to make a new rule that nobody could leave the table until they finished their drink.

Joshua, excited about his new talent at writing words (exceptionally well), immeiatly offered to "write the new rule on a note."

Hopefully he won't end up drafting some bad legislation when he gets older.

Joshua's Story

Every night I tell the kids a story, but they can never seem to get enough so they keep asking for more. Sometimes I'll ask Joshua to tell a story because I am all tired out; normally he'll turn down the offer. But last night he quickly agreed and this is the story he told:



In case you couldn't pick up everything he said it was about dogs chasing after a woman who had a bag of treats. When they got too close she used a "tazer" which is a self defense device that shocks people (or dogs).

If I gave Joshua any ideas about tazers it was a long time ago. It is amazing how long things can remain latent in a childs mind and then pop up at any time. Anna and I laughed so hard after this story I was compelled to run down and get the camera so I could share it with everyone. Hopefully you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Lots of changes

Sorry it has been so long since our last post...over a month I think. Well lots has been going on and blogging just seemed to be a low priority. Among other things I was sick for 5 consecutive weeks with the flu, cold, pnemonia, and ear infections.

Anna has accepted a job at Providence Hospital as an RN in Oncology. She just started on April 30 and will be in training for the next 6-8 weeks. So far she really likes it and it we are finding it to be a great blessing. You should see her in her cute Navy Blue scrubs.

I am watching the kids a few days a week and doing much of my work from home on the wonderful tool that is the internet.

I really enjoy being with the kids, as you'll see in later posts, there are lots of laughs throughout the day.