If Friendly’s Ice Cream is looking for a model for an advertising campaign, could they ever come up with anyone cuter than this? Hey Friendly’s, you owe us for this free advertising. If you want to see more pictures of your products with T...

It’s probably an understatement to say Thing 3 does not like change. If his routine, food, clothes, and conversations were the same every day, he would be just fine. Today he had a new teacher in swim class. Considering how long it took him to feel comfortable with the ...

I often think that Thing 3 is from another planet. He is truly an original as you have seen. Today he provided yet another clue. We were watching Backyardigans, having nothing to do with space travel, when out of the blue he offered this: Thing 3: I want ...

We’re always looking for new activities. The more active the better. Today we found a new place called Rebounderz. Two giant trampoline arenas, video games. What more could you want? First, they got instructions and the rules. Then they got to jumping. For an hour non-stop. ...

Often overlooked this time of year, when we are choosing gifts for our kids, is the amount of work required to assemble the gifts. Last year it was the basketball hoop in the driveway which took 400 pounds of sand to fill the base. Yes, 400 lbs that ...

The winter shows at preschool have become an annual tradition. It’s always unpredictable. Who will sing? Who will have stage fright? Who will run to us crying? This year, Thing 3 had his best performance yet. He stayed on the stage the whole time. A ...

One of these suspects took my doughnut. Which one of you is guilty?

Do you use coupons? Of course you do. It’s free money. You probably get pages of coupons with the weekend newspaper. How many coupons do you end up tossing away because your family doesn’t use the products? What if there were an easy way to trade the ...

Tonight we decorated the Christmas tree. You might picture a warm family setting, fire crackling, festive music, laughter, and everyone loving and helping each other. That would be an episode of Happy Days. Despite the pictures you see here, what happens when we put ornaments on the ...

Thing 1 is a fan of the New York Jets.  Fan may be too mild word.  It’s more an obsession.  Not just with the Jets, but with football in general.  I’m not sure how this came about.  We live in Northern Virginia, deep in the heart of Redskins country.  Here ...