I’ve probably already mentioned how excited Ouest gets by the prospect of taking the dog for a walk.

“Hey Ouest, wanna go for a walk?”

“Binton too? Binton too? Purple rope?” That’s code for is Winston coming, and can we use the purple leash?

My mom’s neighborhood is full of sweet old ladies. Her neighbor Mildred knitted our kids these Christmas stockings and after Ali saw them she said, “You know, I might revise my stance on Christmas.” Those stockings took a little Scrooge out of her.

Look at that, Ouest and Lowe are big enough to take a bath together. There is nothing quite so cleansing as a bath with two dirty young kids in it. All right, maybe not cleansing, but cute.