Is forgetting to turn in your homework after you’ve done it a normal 9 year old thing? We’re still trying to sort this out. Thankfully,…
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Expensive scotch. Shannon and Casey. 20 minutes.
Our fall 2018 trip to Scotland with our friends Amy and Casey created many good memories, as well as a suitcase full of scotch. It’s…
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Because McDonalds.
For the uninitiated, this is actually Shannon eating a Williamsburg Cheese Shop Sandwich while the boys and Grandma Lee are chowing down on some Mickey…
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Tuesday.
Yes, more scotch. Shannon does enjoy a dram upon occasion, with the evening tipple migrating from just weekends to weeknights during particularly rough periods. This…
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“You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.”
Another fabulous achievement of the year was bringing the Museum of the Moon to Durham. This work – a 7-meter-diameter illuminated sculpture of the moon,…
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Here Lego. Take more of my money.
Mitch would like to complain about how much we’ve spent on Legos over Edison’s and now Hux’s love of the things. But he admittedly still…
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Standing on the shoulders of giants. Or jews.
This year celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. As Mitch is a closet space nut, we celebrated in lots of ways: cool…
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On second thought, perhaps a ghost costume in North Carolina is not the best idea.
This one was Hux’s idea, after watching the classic Charlie Brown Halloween special. But after buying the fabric, making the requisite three holes, and putting…
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Give us your tired, your poor, your ________.
Mitch took the boys to NY for a week this summer to allow them to visit our Sackowitz family and get a taste of a…
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Grandpa’s coin collection. One semester of college taken care of. Seven to nine more to go.
Edison has really gotten into all things old this year, including learning about history, hanging with his parents, and collecting old coins. Grandpa Richard finally…
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