For those of you who haven’t gone through elementary school recently, they now have something called Author’s Chair. The students write an essay on a topic (Alex’s was Things I Love To Do When I’m Outdoors) and a panel of teachers (not his own) selects the best one out of each class…well, Alex Riggsby, come […]

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So Alex’s teacher came up with a Family Project…the emphasis on *family*, please…for *everyone* in your family to help decorate a turkey…so Alex requested jewels (he’s a Mama’s Boy alright), feathers and buttons…our turkey had to look like it came from a pirate’s treasure chest…or at least that it was tar’d and feathered (or in […]

posted in: Family, Holidays

So the Big Night came and went…our house all decked out in spooky spiders (thanks again, Uncle Roger!)…and our artsy pumpkins on display…Jeff Gordon ready to go? Check. Ariel, ready to go? Check. Thug Daddy, ready to go?? Check. Cinderella? Cinderella? “My crown fall off…again…Mama!” Check. Noses wiped and costumes stuffed with warm underclothes…it’s 50-degrees, […]

posted in: Family, Holidays