you know, just your average bed time.

We took Sennet to his first Aikido class- after he cried and whined all morning (and last Saturday morning) that he didnt want to go. We took him to Emerald City Aikido, on Capitol Hill – just a few miles from our house. We told him he wouldn’t need to go to any other classes […]

Christmas was pretty laid back at our house- just the way we like it.  Before Sennet, Kevin and I went to a movie on Christmas day and usually even on Christmas eve.  Thanksgiving seems to be the holiday that I make the huge spread and have friends over, etc.  Christmas has never been a big […]

Allison and Michael had mentioned that the pool at the Rainier Beach Community Center was warm, so I decided to take Sennet down there to try it out. The pool at Medgar Evers was always a bit cool, and the air was too – leading to Sennet freezing and sometimes crying after we would get […]

You might be wondering how a four year old could call Christmas time stupid.  First of all, pretty much everything is stupid at the moment.  We’re working on that.  Lots of time outs, lots of crying, lots of promising “I won’t say it again” as we are putting him in time out…. He isn’t really […]

We recently started having Sennet do chores.  So far, his responsibilities include feeding the dogs twice a day, helping unload the dishwasher and putting away his clothes into the proper drawer.  He likes feeding the dogs but not sure the dogs like it because he measures exactly one cup and there is no overflow- I […]