thirty, flirty and thriving...

I was born at 12:06, lunchtime, on May 1st, 1982. Today is my first full day of being 30. I'm calling it first - the best decade of my life so far, starts now. Watch this world - it's gonna be something!

parenting blunders

Last week Josh asked me when he would be old enough to go by himself to the bridge over Marshall Drain that runs behind the houses on the main road outside of our cul-de-sac. I told him that he wasn't old enough yet, but that by the time he learned how to ride a two-wheeler (probably by the end of the summer, I figured) he would be.

Do not underestimate the capacity of a bridge, a back alley and a some mucky water to motivate a 6-year-old to teach himself to ride a bike.

git 'er done

You gotta admire my neighbor kid's determination... if not his method.
If you can't tell, he's scraping the frost off the windshield.