The BoneBlog

Happy Halloween from Alberta Einstein: From the Chocolate Donut: And the family as a whole, including Uncle Fester and Mrs. Lovett: If that last one isn’t a great Christmas card photo, I don’t know what is. The kids got more candy this year than ever before. Now we’re home baking pizza for a quick dinner...

Halloween 2009. →

I love Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays of the year, largely because it serves as the kickoff to the big holiday season, but also because it appeals to my ooky-spooky side. So ‘round here, Halloween is a Very Big Deal. We’re working up to the big event; I’ve finished the costumes, we’ve watched...

Prelude to Halloween. →

People who know Ethan – who really know him – know one thing for sure: He will not speak to anyone he does not know. He is a veritable river of questions anytime we’re riding in the car, challenging me to sound happy answering questions through gritted teeth while trying to listen to the radio because...

The Reason Our Son Will Never Have Anything He Says Used Against Him in a Court of Law. →

So you’ll remember this post. Well, guess what other song brings about that reaction? “You Are My Sunshine.” Why? Because of the “please don’t take my sunshine away” line. Good grief, I can’t sing anything anymore without sending Ethan into hysterics. Except the Days of the Week song. He likes that one...

How I Made My Little Boy Cry – Again. →

If you live anywhere near here (or are visiting), you know that we’ve been cheated out of our usual gorgeous October. We’ve been treated to chill weather and rain most of the month. But not yesterday. Yesterday was cold in the morning but it was – get this – SUNNY, and it warmed quickly. We took full...

Beautiful Sunday! →

So we’ve pulled Ethan out of preschool and brought him back home. We felt it would be better for me to teach him because we are confident he will move further and faster than he would in a preschool setting. After subjecting him to testing last week, we are even more convinced that this is true. It would...

An Update on the Preschool Situation. →

Today we made our annual trek to Stuckmeyer’s Farm. It’s not much of a trek – only 2 miles (if that) but that just means the excitement doesn’t have time to wane on the trip. Again we were reminded of the differences in our kids. Ethan picked the first pumpkin he saw and we encouraged him to look around...

Pumpkin Day. →

I love you Ethan, Oh yes, I do! I love you Ethan, and I’ll be true! When you’re not with me I’m blue! Oh Ethan, I love you! That’s the song that made my little boy cry all the way home. We were in the car when I sang that to him. When I glanced back at him in the mirror, he had tears in his eyes. “Ethan...

How I Made My Little Boy Cry. →

‘We’re at a loss.’ Those four words, uttered this week at a conference, started a chain of events that has yet to be complete. Those words were spoken by an administrator at Ethan’s preschool. Anyone who follows this blog knows that Ethan is a rambunctious, mischievous kid. He’s bright, and he’s very...

Decisions. →