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Hugo’s birthday landed on a Monday this year, which resulted in a party that lasted for 3 days. Lots of cousin action, time on the paddle board, swimming, and a pirate themed party. This was the first year that Cassidy has ever been with Hugo on his actual birthday, and she went all out buildingContinue reading “Hugo turns 8”

Last week I was rushing to get the boys out of the door. I was saying things like, “just get your shoes on” and “just come here and I’ll do it myself”. In the middle of my dark cloud, Paxy made up a song and sang it in this super happy tone. “Emotional feelings areContinue reading

Take the fam to a drive through car wash! We’ve never been before and had no idea about these amazing vacuum cleaners at the end. Enjoy pranking everybody inside your quarantine bubble! This can happen as many times as you want, or are willing to go along with!

It’s been unusual – there have been rain storms that made for crazy floods. Houses washed into the ocean. Roads and bridges were destroyed. Rivers made their way into buildings. We were witnesses to new records, and it feels like Maine winter will no longer be what it was in my memory. The fishing shacksContinue reading “Winter”

These are all old pictures, but ones I thought were nice for the fam to see. They’re random and in no order, but I don’t want to spend much time on making this post better. My next post is going to rock! above is Hugo at our camp site in the summer. It was justContinue reading “My monsters are up, I have no time to do this well!”

Below, Ishmael shows you the mushroom he has found in the woods. Look at that natural face and easy demeanor. And next, Hugo will show you the mushroom he discovered. I don’t know how many words I can come up with to explain what’s going on next. It’s just art, man. Below is a littleContinue reading “No title, just some pictures and movies…”

Pax and I went to the children’s theater on Friday. I sat in my seat and realized I felt really nervous. It’s happened too many times that Paxy does something wildly rude to be funny. I’m always wondering what or who is going to catch his eye. The show started and it was great. PaxContinue reading “Ishmael Pax – my wildly embarrassing son”