Day #4750 (Sat., Jan. 7, 2023) – Father/Daughter Novel?

My wife took the kids to viola/violin lessons this morning.  Katie is growing up and appreciating the value of instruction.  Bobby was very fidgety and whiny though… Bobby and I made another car out of cardboard and were able to race it with the DC motors we got from Amazon the other day. I showed…

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Day #4733 (Wed., Dec. 21, 2022) – Swanson Violins

This morning my wife took the kids out to “Swanson Violins” (see photo to the right) in Hillsborough to see where we will be getting our new viola/violins from.  Miss Patricia recommended this place.  It is run by an experienced luthier. My wife took Bobby over to Brin and Ethan’s house this afternoon to drop…

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Day #4693 (Fri., Nov. 11, 2022) – Veteran’s Day

Today is Veteran’s Day here in the US, so no school for the kids today.  We were thinking of going skating in Hillsborough today, but thunderstorms are rolling in, so we stayed close to home. I thought that I would have a combined Daddy/Daughter/Son Day today, so we all went to Chick-Fil-A for some food…

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Day #4674 (Sun., Oct. 23, 2022) – Daddy & Daughter & Son Day

I decided to have both Daddy/Son Day #56 and Daddy/Daughter Day #125 today.  Something a bit different. First up, breakfast with Bobby!  He really likes pancakes so I thought that we would go to McDonald’s and share their “Big Breakfast”.  This turned out well.  He loved the pancakes with maple syrup and I finished off…

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