Conversation with Captain Earthquake this morning: CE: I love you Mom. Me: I love you too sweetie….even if you do drive me CRAZY!! CE: We don’t always drive you crazy. Me: [laughing] Yes you do, all the time. CE: Not on holidays we don’t. Shameless plea: Have you voted for me in the contest yet? [...]

I was discussing braces with the older boys this morning, and The Mercenary asked how much braces usually cost. I told him, “Around five thousand dollars.” “Five THOUSAND?????” he exclaimed. “All you need is a paper clip and some glue!” photo credit: dianaoctavius By the way, we’re talking about whether or not you should travel [...]

photo credit: tachyondecay TechnoBoy usually completes his math assignments by starting at the last problem on the page and working backward to the first. Normally this isn’t a problem but every once in a while he neglects to notice that he’s not on the right lesson and accidentally works on the wrong one. This happened [...]