The power of .com

Ben has recently stumbled upon the concept and power of .com.  He has developed an eye for .com addresses and can spot them on billboards, signs, posters, commercials, and on crayons.  (Don’t tell anyone but he stole a broken crayon from school because the crayon had a .com address printed on it – http://roseart.com) As we are driving,  an excited voice from the back seat . . . Ben: ...

Nothing to see here, keep it moving . . .

As parents, we are painfully familiar with the locations of bathrooms within the Rochester area.  Besides the normal embarrassment of Benjamin talking too loud in the bathroom stall, dad had another funny experience with Ben and Andrew. Andrew is a big fan of using the big boy urinals (even if it means tip toeing to reach it as dad nervously watches on).  Even though he thinks of himself as a big boy for...

NADM

I am starting a new category for our blog . . . Never A Dull Moment (NADM).  These will be stories about Ben and Andrew providing entertainment and laughs to Mom & Dad (whether or not it was their intention).  We are curious to see how many of these we can collect by the end of the year.   I know all parents have moments like these so feel free to post your own #NADM on facebook/twitter/email. Here...

Snow Tubing Adventure

The family was going to purchase a family ski lesson from Welch Village, a ski area near Rochester.  We were unsure if Andrew or Ben would last through an hour long lesson so we decided to try snow tubing instead.  Judy found a good snow tubing option at Afton Alps and so off we went. Judy and I would have been happy to get one or two runs from Andrew.  To our surprise and enjoyment, both boys lasted...

Call Me

So it begins . . . while working with Ben on some of his homework, he abruptly stopped: Ben:  Oh Dad, I got a phone number. Dad:  What? Ben: A girl at school gave me her phone number so I gave her mine. Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to Dad.  Opening up the paper, in green highlighter was some numbers.  Very cute . . . instead of 507 it read 705. ...