Interviews with Boys: 2022

Seamus at 13 years old What is the meaning of life? What do you want to be when you grow up? What makes you happy? What are you afraid of? If you had one wish, what would you wish for? What is the funniest word? What is the hardest thing to do? What is the…

Basketball Season

On Friday after Thanksgiving, we went to the lake to visit with grandparents and have Thanksgiving. The older boys watched some world cup (including the US/England game) and the younger kids were in the hot tub for awhile. It was a beautiful day! When we got home, Saturday was a big day of basketball revelations.…

Fun Weekend

It was a little blustery, but after the deluge of last weekend, it was nice to be out and about this weekend. I spent a lot of time with my older boys, which is a little unusual because when we split up the family for activities, I’m more likely to take the younger kids. However,…

August–No Posts

Wow. I didn’t post at all in August. I think that’s the first time since I started my blog that I haven’t posted in a month. August was hot and special. The first bit of August was consumed with getting home, unpacking, and working on some of the things we had neglected. Seamus and Gilbert…

More Kentucky Adventures

So we left off with rain and a plan to be formed. It did rain Sunday, but we got in another session at the park with the blitz ball and the strike zone. I ended up running some errands Sunday afternoon, and it was a fine day. Lots of screen time for the kids, though!…

Summer So Far

We spent a week in Cape Cod, and gosh, it went by fast! We got up super early on Saturday to avoid traffic. We stopped for Sandwiches in Sandwich, and it was delicious! The week passed in a blur of baseball clinics in the mornings for the kids, sailing on the pond in the afternoons,…

Seamus’s Birthday

While it’s been a long time since his actual birthday, I wanted to record what we did. He didn’t want to do a party with his friends, or even go out with a group to Lazy Mike’s like he did last year, so I was at a bit of loose ends to figure out what…

Pittsburgh–Again

I’m in Pittsburgh for the NEH summer faculty institute on Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American Transnational Dialogues. It’s fascinating, career changing, and I’m learning so much! Over the weekend, Patrick brought the kids up for a fun weekend so we could not have to go two weeks without seeing each other. I could have driven back…

Back to School

It’s so fun to be able to go into the kids’ school. Today, a beautiful Friday, I was able to walk up the hill to the younger kids’ school to volunteer in art class. It was fun to see the children drawing the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, Tidal Basin, etc. They all were in good…

Harlan’s Birthday–6 years old

Harlan was pretty excited about his birthday–counting down the days. We had a really busy day on the actual day, but he requested quiche and cake and ice cream, so at least the food was easy and make ahead for the hectic evening. He also requested the “Daddy Pancake” for breakfast, which is a lemon…