Aspen recently said "I want a Daddy Date." This is when I take 1 kid out and do something with them (museum, zoo, fishing, etc.). Enid chimed in, "I want a Daddy Date too." It's been a while since we had time to ourselves, so I arranged for a babysitter and we went to see Shakespeare in the Park. They were doing the Merry Wives of Windsor.It was a lot of fun, but afterward I wondered how much of what we see on stage was in the original play. So I looked up a copy of ...

Aspen saw a green tractor and asked Enid "Is that John's reindeer?"

Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. Friedmanrating: 3 of 5 starsIn his last book (The World is Flat), Friedman said that the US needed to be competitive in a "flat" world. In this book, he lays out a plan for leading the world in a green economy. He gives several points as to why we should be in the green economy. If ...

Aspen was quite insistent that we eat at a restaurant today. After Enid's purchase of a new camera, I had declared a no-spending weekend, so I explained "we can't go out to eat today; we don't have any money.""Then go buy some," she insisted (loudly)."Buy some money?""At the bank!" She then pointed a finger emphatically at the car and declared "Go!"