Chicken Eggs

12 days ago Avery began her chicken egg hatching experiment. Arriving at our door in the hands of a very interested Fed Ex delivery person, 12 eggs arrived safe and ready for incubating. Unfortunately, the incubator only had room for 9 eggs. Gently marking each egg with an "x" on one side and an "o" on the other, Avery has been vigilant about flipping her eggs three times a day for best hatching results. She also keeps an eye on the temperature, keeping them nice and warm at 99.5 degrees. 9 days remain and we are all anxious to see some beaks breaking through the eggs.

Hi Ya!

Charlie at his Tae Kwon Do Tournament.

Showing the judges his forms.



Sitting in proper position, waiting for the judges to score the contestants.


Charlie with his trophies. Second place for forms, second place for breaking his boards by kicking and punching.


I will load video soon. Charlie came home yesterday with orange tape on his belt which means he is ready to test for yellow belt.

For the love of Mario

How do you know your kids play and watch too much Mario (as in Mario Cart on Wii and old Mario Brother's cartoons)?

The youngest, the two year old says "Are we going there to-mario?" "What are we doing to-mario?" Does Charde (his version of Charlie) have Hi-ya (Tae kwon do) to-mario?"

So cute, makes me laugh every time he says it (with a silent shutter that Mario has found yet another way to sneak into our daily lives).