Posted by fabricpile Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:54:00 GMT
The long-haired geeks have been dropping like flies at WLHS. Mark was the final holdout, but he went down this afternoon to the tune of a clipper cut.
He’s been training all summer with long hair, but now he won’t have so much wind resistance when he rides the Hilly Hundred this weekend.
Lookout, fellow family riders, someone is geared up to kick your butts!
Posted by fabricpile Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:30:00 GMT
If finally dug up a few old photos of Kira’s real first day of school.
His best parlor trick about this time was telling Kira’s teachers at the International School that he could speak French. Then he’d say “French Toast!” in an excellent (and therefore hysterical) fake French accent.
Posted by fabricpile Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:38:00 GMT
Well, actually this is Kira’s second first day of school. She attended Kindergarten at a private school in Detroit, but that’s it.
It is Mark’s first first day of school—ever!
After 10 years of home schooling these monkeys, they are officially public high school students. Kira is a sophomore and Mark a freshman. We’re excited about the opportunities that the schools here have to offer. It’s going to be a bit of an adjustment for them to be on a strict schedule, and they’re taking some tough classes, but we’re confident that we’ll all do fine with our new routine.
Posted by fabricpile Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:44:00 GMT
Mark el Conquistador now has his own blog. Cinematronic Gunslinging Trampoline Monkeys.
Don’t ask. Just check it out.
Posted by fabricpile Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:49:00 GMT
Nothing brightens up a dull, rainy day like bright, sunny yellow.
Lemons were on sale last week, and Mark and I have been dreaming for some time of making Alton Brown’s lemon curd recipe. (“If you only know how to make one dessert food . . . .”)
I got a great zester for Christmas. I can finally zest a lemon with ease. The process smelled wonderful and got us all excited for the finished product.
The lemon curd didn’t turn out perfectly, but I’m pretty sure I know what I did wrong and I’ll fix it next time. Everybody agreed it was shiny. And it was shiny, too.
The lemon curd-ish sauce tasted wonderful paired with the berry scones I made using one of my other culinary Christmas gifts—a cast iron scone pan.
Posted by fabricpile Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:21:00 GMT
The shaggy, brown-haired boy is now taller than the shaggy, blond-haired girl.
But he has to watch out—she can still wonk him upside the noggin with her lightning-fast round kick!
