Balent Times

To kick off the summer I bought the kids a Slip'n Slide.  After about two or three runs the kids asked why they weren't having as ...

Let the summer begin!

You're just finishing up the first grade.  You're a good student and you love school.  The minute you get home from school you ask...

  On Friday we drove up to Myrtle Beach for the weekend to celebrate Currier's 7th birthday.  Our first order of business was appet...

It's been an abnormally chilly and dark spring but it's finally starting to get bright and hot.  Hearing the ice cream truck musi...

Mother's Day weekend started with a party at Currier's school.    Where I was presented with this lovely portrait.  I think...

It's strawberry shortcakes for dessert tonight! 

Now that Currier has a bearded dragon, Rya has been asking for her very own pet.  She wants a fish tank in her bedroom.  We're starti...

Currier handed me this note while we were in the car.  I love how he spelled "weird" how I say it in my Boston accent: without t...

Rya has been taking ballet, tap and jazz lessons at the Mount Pleasant Recreation Center.  Last night was the big recital. She did a ...

Rya scored a new owl tattoo   and a princess motorcycle all in one weekend!

I had lunch yesterday with a friend that I haven't seen in 15 years.  Holly and I were flight attendants together based out of the Ci...

Charlie, a 600lb gator, and his family have been living on Charleston's Navy Weapons Station since the 1960's. Today was the...

Once again I kicked this four-year-old's ass at Candyland. Nana nana boo boo stick your head in doo doo... What a sore loser!