Name that Tune

Can you guess what he’s singing? I’m glad Desi has started singing.  I think it’s a great form of expression, but many kids these days don’t learn it or don’t develop it.  Desi gets three songs per night, and this is one of them.  That’s exactly how we sing it, with the crescendo and decrescendo, [...]

Ninja Training

I teach Desi the skill of blending in with your surroundings…   Next we will work on the little ninja’s attention span:

It’s Snow-tastic!

The inability to get out of our driveway was not all that bad.  Shoveling the snow was not that bad, either.  But losing electricity for a day was a bit inconvenient. Still, on the whole, we had a pleasant two days holed up at home. We shoveled snow, gathered wood, cooked, played as a family, [...]

Cherry blossoms, garage sales, and Mari’s wedding design debut

Cherry Blossom Festival We went downtown this year to see the cherry blossoms with our friends the Wangbergs and the Whalens.  The weather was perfect, and Des was showing us some good stuff, so we may have gotten a Christmas card picture out of the trip. Garage Sale Once again we scored this year at [...]

The Bike Ride

With the temperature a warm 54 degrees in Gaithersburg, Saturday was clearly the day to break out the bicycle and take Desi for a ride. Mari researched kid-seats for bicycles, and the iBert got rave reviews. We decided to try it out and were not disappointed. It’s very easy to assemble, Desi loved the scenery, [...]