The Cardwell Boys

We rushed home from work & school only to arrive at home a little after 5PM and some our neighbors already trick-or-treating! I tried to stick to my “let’s have dinner THEN we’ll go out” position, but I didn’t last more than 10 minutes… So the kids had candy for dinner. Oh well, Halloween is [...]

For our birthday weekends Mike & I got to spend a night out. We stayed at the new(ish) JW Marriott hotel in downtown Indy and had a great time! A little further down are some pictures from our hotel room. When we got home, we found that the kids (with the help of their grandparents [...]

Fall is my favorite season, especially here! Apples are back in season, especially my all-time favorite: the Honeycrisp apple! Plus, of course, we’re approaching Halloween, so we definitely needed some pumpkins. The boys couldn’t wait until the end of the month, so we carved them yesterday. They’ll probably be droopy by the 31st, but that’s [...]

It came and went too quickly, but we are back from a wonderful trip to Belgium. We had a great time and did and saw a lot, but it still felt like we just scratched the surface. We started our trip by spending just under a week at Center Parcs near Peer, in the northeastern [...]

After over a week of coughing, the boys had a really bad night last night, with Danny complaining of an ear ache and Mikey of foot pain (which he’s been doing for a little while). Neither one of them had a fever, but after a crappy night for all of us, it was finally time [...]

The boys each had a belt test on Saturday and both passed! Danny went from a green belt to a blue belt and Mikey went from a yellow belt to an orange belt.

Holy cow our kids can read well! Just one or two months ago, Danny struggled with reading and it took him a little while to read each word. Tonight, he read Piggie & Gerald’s “Watch Me Throw the Ball” without any trouble! It was amazing. He even gets all of the intonations right. We’re so [...]

Maybe it’s old age, but I feel the need to look back on 2010 and review last year’s events! The kids were very healthy. We didn’t have to take them to the doctor for a single sick visit! The same, however, can’t be said of the parents who struggled through shingles (Marianne) and back pain [...]

Danny, Uncle David, and Grandpa played “battle”. Here you can see Danny & Grandpa all decked out for the game! Danny had a blast! Uncle David and Grandpa are probably happy the weekend is over so they can recover Danny playing with Grandpa & Uncle David from Marianne Cardwell on Vimeo. Mike installed a Super [...]