We’re still doing birthday. Here is James and his first cake, from his actual birthday-day. I tried to take a picture of him blowing out the candles, but he did it so dang fast, all I got was smoke and his hip. Durn kid. Look at Julia plugging her nose. This is the next day […]
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Okay, there’s a kid at our house with a birthday. James and Kirsten the morning he was born Thirteen years ago he was born in the middle of a snowy night. We caught him in the dark of our bedroom after a few hours of meandering labor. Suddenly he was born right NOW. AAAAGGHHHH. We
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a cute little gopher-cheeked cowboy from years ago Kari and James have been working on some worksheets about Arkansas for a while now. This workbook features several pages of detailed info on each state. They pick away at it until they announce they can’t take it anymore and move on to the next state. I
Tonight was the most magnificent birthday party. Julia kept relentlessly asking us if it was time to go, starting as soon as she woke up. The party wasn’t until 5, so we had this conversation maybe…twenty times? (I never screamed. I did say to go away once.) Anyway, my parents and my sister and her
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It’s his birthday, this awesome guy! Tomorrow is the most magnificent party, but today’s a great day. I called him on the phone and yelled, “It’s your birthday!” He said, “Yeah!” I said, “You’re four years old!” He paused, “How did YOU know?” Oh my. I said, “I remember when you were born. I held
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Okay, this is a patient man. He doesn’t get excited about much, never has. It’s one of the reasons he and Heidi are married. They get each other. It works. He said to let the puppy sleep in the bed with them because he “doesn’t like crying.” He lets the guinea pigs crawl on his
Okay, Sunday night was a little chaotic. Dan and Alicia and b.g. came for supper and it was pretty fun. The little guy eats pulverized pears now, and he loved them. Shortly he grabbed the bowl and took control of the whole sticky situation, but Alicia gracefully extracted the dish and kept going. He smiled
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