Steal the Best, Forget the Rest

I got this from Betsy’s cousin (thanks Lisa!) – it’s an email sent to her from her husband about their daughter one morning – she (Heather) was four at the time: From: xxxxxxxxx, RandySent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:29 PMTo: xxxxxxxxx, LisaSubject: Heather’s am performance FYI…story time for tonight has been revoked as a result …

Turkey Day in Charlestown

With today being Thanksgiving, it reminded me of so many Thanksgivings past….. When I was young, we would have Thanksgiving at my Grandmother’s house….the table stretched from one end of the dining through the other end of the living room (she had 8 children, plus all the grandkids, plus some cousins). Of course, the kids …

It’s the Music, Man

Sophie has reached that key milestone…she is now capable of keeping up with her dad in one respect – singing off key. It’s something that I’ve been really working on, and we’re finally getting results. It started with “Bite-A, Bite-A, Bite-A”, which was a song that Sophie started singing over and over (and over) again. …