Flametoad

Well, Halloween 2009 was a big weekend at Flametoad Manor. Starting with our family tradition of Saturday morning BBQ breakfast tacos, we quickly moved on to errands, home for a play date with one of Tadpole 1’s friends, and a low-key afternoon punctuated with pumpking carving and of course trick-or-treating. We had more than 100 [...]

Back in late May, Mrs. Flametoad and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary by taking our first vacation sans-kids. After a lot of deliberation, we settled on Cancun. Our main criteria was that we wanted a vacation in which we didn’t have to “do” anything. It wasn’t a sightseeing trip or an adventure trip. It [...]

Here’s a conversation between Tadpole 1 (5.5 years old) and Tadpole 2 (2 years, 9 months). Tadpole 2 was mimicking her older brother, as little sisters do.
“Stop copying me! You don’t have to do everything I do!”
“Yes I do!”
“… Then do you want to do my homework?”

In which Flametoad discusses the annual Christmas party, Dresden Files and other books, Wordpress plugins, and more.

I haven’t been very good about keeping informed on what I’ve been up to, so hopefully the title of this post clears that up.
Seriously, I’ve got a backlog of news. Some is personal, some is just newsworthy stuff from the ‘net, and others I can’t quite talk about yet.
I had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with my [...]