Outsourcing Yogurt

He is looking forward to riding the tractor and cutting grass. So we are making yogurt while waiting for the grass to dry. The fun is in doing things together.

Comfortably Numb

Blue sky above and blue ocean below. Feeling anything but blue.

Hunger Games

Every aspect of breakfast is a game. It begins with walking in the restaurant and ringing the ship bell. Then building pyramids using half and half containers. Then opening and emptying the half and half contains and re-building the pyramids. Then there are the partially opened jelly containers so when you pick them up they spill on you.

Why We Serve

It is a small veterans park in a small town. They asked what was written on the monuments. I told them they were the names of people who served in WWI and WWII that never returned home. They asked if they could play and I said yes, that freedom was what it was all about.

Concert In The Park

Summertime and free concert music at the town center in Harwich, in Cape Cod. It is doing the little things that make for the longest childhood memories.

The Bear Necessities

Cape Cod is heaven on earth. Where children sit and listen to bears that sing and strum the guitar.

Steel Birds

In the middle of Hyannis is a bird made from old silverware, coffee makers and toaster parts. This bird will never fly. But standing behind the bird is a boy who will someday stretch his wings and soar!

Cape Cod Five-O

The Hyannis police department gave junior badges to the new members of their police force. However, there was some confusion as they were expecting to be issued guns to go with their new badges.

Spelling Bee

Her name has two E's and two L's. But the inflatable alphabet letters only have one of each letter. So she improvised. She turned a W sideways so it could be an E and she used an I to be a letter L. She is quite a speller!

Ahoy!

Breakfast with kids is like driving a car with your feet. You are never in control.

Transformers

Deep in the heart of every boy is the desire to be a knight, a cowboy, a baseball player, a transformer or an accountant.

Thus Saith

This was supposed to be Happy Birthday, Jon, David, Faith and Pat. Spelling ain't what it used to be!

Whatever

I was exhausted and closed my eyes to shut out the world. But then I heard her say Grampy! And that's all it took to make me open my eyes and invite the world in. No matter our human condition, the desire to want to be able to enjoy the company of loved ones can lift us up and out from wherever we are.

Taccos

Kids do things that are silly, crazy and funny...and adults don't.

Spell Bound

Some people can read a story and then there are those that can tell a story. They have the ability to hold their listeners in a trance as they make the story and the characters come alive. You can see the excitement in the eyes of the children as they follow along.

Magic Beans

I was treated to a thrilling performance of the Magic Beans. A story about a boy named Jack who bought some magic beans and who had an encounter with a giant! The story was told with such passion! Pillows were piled on the floor to demonstrate the height of the beanstalk. Train tracks were clutched in each hand to act out the battle with the giant. It truly was a moving performance that involved moving every piece of furniture!

Diesel 10

Diesel 10 is a villainous Diesel with a roof-top hydraulic grabber named "Pinchy", that is part of Thomas the Train. Sometimes the best stories are told while waiting for your pizza to be made.