Island Boy

[...] with young children, particularly when one has scored some free tickets. So, in celebration of Island Boy's birthday, we finally did it...we went to Disneyland!! He loved it! And, to be honest, we [...]

[...] We celebrated Island Boy's birthday with the biggest cake you've ever seen. We didn't really intend for it to be that [...]

[...] Island Boy discovered a spider setting up shop in between our patio door and the track it slides on. [...]

[...] made a visit to our neighborhood in his sleigh. I think Mommy was just as excited about it as Island Boy. We weren't really sure what to expect since we haven't had much snow around here this year ( [...]

[...] commentary about the incident. "Daddy said it was a house spider and put it outside. The Crack Spider made a web and Mommy didn't like it. The Crack Spider is outside now." That pretty much [...]

[...] for weeks - entertaining us with surprisingly harmonious holiday melodies complete with adorable choreography. I am positively bursting with pride. It's wonderful to see him practicing for his [...]

[...] late pushing us way too close to bedtime for comfort), but he was so worth it. This was no fake Santa. No, he was the REAL Santa. Jolly laugh and all. When he asked Island Boy what he wanted for [...]

[...] Did anyone else cry when they opened their mailbox and saw the November (aka Final) issue of Gourmet Magazine? Yes, it was a magazine about food and there are certainly plenty of magazines about food, [...]

[...] went to Disneyland!! He loved it! And, to be honest, we loved it, too. From Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters to the Monorail, Island Boy loved it all. He even loved his first roller coaster, such as it [...]

[...] . What's the issue? It goes something like this...we're seated at a restaurant and a very efficient waitress whisks away one of the place settings. What the?!? Excuse me, could we have one additional [...]

[...] . We threw rocks in lakes and oceans and streams. We hiked mountains and forests and urban sidewalks. We fed goats and cows and antelope and yaks and even seagulls. We ate ice cream and [...]

[...] age to remain focused for any length of time and since that is the primary requirement for earning belts at this stage, it was a challenge. A big challenge. Still, somehow Island Boy pulled through [...]

[...] of any single-digit age to remain focused for any length of time and since that is the primary requirement for earning belts at this stage, it was a challenge. A big challenge. Still, somehow Island [...]