CAUTIONARY TUNE: This song played in our house approximately 128 times today. (I may be understating it, actually.) Catchy tune by Tange...

OPEN WIDE: We started our day at the dentist. Both kids had six month checkups. CJ was complimented on his Superior Brushing Skills. Accor...

TICKET TO RIDE: Yesterday (while surrounded by 1,000 microbrews at Chuck's ) we spent an hour plus playing a new-to-us board game, Ti...

OL' SOL:  It was a grey and dreary day in Seattle, but the sun was definitely on the top of our minds todaym since we knew a total ecl...

MATCHBOX MSL: Ohboyohboyohboy, lookie what we got today!! Our Mars Science Laboratory Matchbox toys. Squeeeeee!  I pre-ordered them seve...

ANTI-PANIC DEVICE:  Math meltdowns are not all that uncommon around MPA, so when I saw this eraser at a cool little shop ( Lucca ) in Ba...

CHEAP THRILL: What price happiness? Just one thin dollar for Annabelle. :) Yesterday we were in the Dollar Tree , where everything's...