My grandparents trekked from Ohio to visit all of us "true" midwesterners. (Contrary to what CNN election coverage says, Ohio is not the midwest.) The stopped by yesterday for a visit and had gifts for the kids. Aspen got a tea set and she played tea party with Grandma.Aspen pours the tea:Aspen stirs the tea with her finger:Aspen and grandma drink up:

Ewan woke from his nap and began saying "I Wah Ma Ma Ma" with the perfect cadence to be saying "I want my momma."

For the past few weeks, Ora 5 has been standing with us during the songs at church and trying to read the words. Today I caught him following along with every word in the hymnal. His finger would scroll along under the words of the verse in perfect unison with the song. The only part that gave him problems was when we would get to the end of the line and he would try to go to the next verse on the same line instead of the correct verse on the next line of music.

Watching the neighbors chase a small dog in the backyard, Ewan began saying "Guh, Guh, Da-Guh."

Enid's birthday is tomorrow, but we celebrated today. We surprised her with gifts and a cake. Ora 5 handed his gift to her and Aspen said "It's a necklace.""Aspen, don't tell me," Enid told her."Shh," I scolded.Enid opened Ora's gift to reveal a necklace.Aspen handed her first gift to mom. "It's a candle.""Aspen, don't tell mom what they are," I reminded her. Enid opened her candle.Aspen handed the next gift to her. "Now, don't say anything," I reminded Aspen. Enid opened her gift without being told what it ...

The beginning of the title sums up the book: Crack. This book is more a geology book than about the destruction of San Francisco. The whole first half of the book deals with the geology of the United States and the recent history of geology as a science.Once the book gets into the destruction, it reads much as you would expect. He follows up the destruction with how it affected Religion, Art and Architecture in San Francisco.Although the author doesn't make the correlation, I was stuck by the similarities between events in San Francisco and New ...

This is Crichton's third book on genetics, Jurassic Park and Lost World being the first 2. While Jurassic Park had a wide appeal to every child who likes dinosaurs, Next will appeal to science or law lovers. This book is a cautionary tale of how fast genetics is moving and what could be possible in a short amount of time. The book highlights that science is moving so fast that law is not able to keep up: A major plot point in the book involves cells taken from a human body have been ruled by the legal courts to be ...

What would Jack Ryan be like today if he was only 22? This book aims to answer that by putting most of the character that we know as Jack into his son, Jack, Jr.A decent page turner, but lacks the impact of Clancy's earlier books.