Author: Mark

Niko starts first grade on August 22nd. It will be his first experience in that environment as he has been home with us since he was born. We would’ve sent him last year to be a Kindergartner, but at that point in the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccinations weren’t available to kids, and we didn’t want to…

Niko has two playlists. One of them is on his iPad and it plays every night as he sleeps. It’s mostly from Kiri Te Kanawa and a few songs that are Super Mario Bros related. I hear it clearly when I sleep as I have an audio monitor on my night table – sometimes, I…

Usually, by the time Sunday morning arrives, I have something already written in draft mode so all I have to do is click publish. But today, I have nothing. I had a few ideas spinning around, but every time I started typing, I kept erasing it. It wasn’t good material. I had something about my…

On Monday morning, I was home alone for a few hours as Niko and Nina had doctor’s appointments. I have been home alone before, but those times, I was always working. I was off from work and after I helped Niko get dressed and belted safely in the car, I waved goodbye. I knew what…

I had something else written that I was going to publish today about Niko’s closet and dresser, but I decided to scrap that one because I have something better to write about. Oh, you really want to know about his closet and dresser. Well, here it is: Niko used to have all of his clothes…