Friday round-up

A few quick things:

I've told you before that I am a big walking ball of irony and hypocrisy. So it shouldn't come as a surprise to you that just weeks after writing to you about how awesome I am because I cut my own grass, I have - you guessed it - hired a lawn service.

With the house on the market and us traveling some this summer, it was the only way I could be sure the yard would look respectable on a consistent basis. And I really have to hand it to them, because the yard looks great. I mean, so great these guys should do this for a living.

I also realized what a colossal time commitment all my yard work is. This was brought squarely to my attention when the landscaper's truck drove off 25 minutes after it arrived. That's about 2 hours and 35 minutes quicker than I can get it all done.

I love the comments on the picture of my little dude. I took that picture during our recent trip to Sesame Place. What the picture doesn't show is Daughter standing a few paces in front of Son, with her head about to explode because she was next in line to meet Zoe.

I chose not to photograph her, because it would be just my luck that, at just the moment I snapped the picture, the excitement would overwhelm her and her head would indeed explode. And if you've seen one picture of a preschooler's head exploding from excitement, you've seen them all.

That's it for now. Thank you, as always, for reading.