This is a lanky, timid puppy boy, but he did well. Kirsten arrived on schedule from Florida after putting in an incredibly long driving day yesterday trying to avoid a snowstorm on the way home. She even brought a Gingerbread House Kit and worked on it with the kids. Easing the guy into the family […]
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We had some funny kids here. They ate Kraft macaroni and cheese, ice cream, and so forth, and we had a great time. Here they are watching that old classic Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I watched a portion of it too, and what an ass Donner is. Good Lor-ED, he’s full of himself. This
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Started out kind of fine. Kid looking at her phone, petting a puppy. I told her she could light those candles. No little kids were in the house and we were right here. Yeah, okay, that was fine for about three minutes and then her hair was too close and there were too many pyro
It’s been a fun week. People get a hold of my camera. Justin Bieber hasn’t been this young in a decade. Here the two babies. She loves the puppy. The puppy is very enthusiastic about this and she’s baby-mouthy and her teeth are so incredibly sharp. Her fangs were deflected with pillows. Yes, bite toys,
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It’s looking like winter here finally–a little like Christmas! Jay spent the afternoon driving Maria and James back to their schools. Maria’s car has no brakes. AAA towed it to the repair shop this afternoon. Maria took care of all those phone calls. We’re working on housebreaking, so after she goes outside, when she comes
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Dannell is brave–she’s pretty much always willing to play a board game with kids. I don’t know how she does it, but she has since she was a kid, and she’s good at it. She keeps them on a right path with the rules. They’re shifty, but she’s alert. After it had been snowing off
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They arrived ready to party. Heidi had the idea that while they were all dressed up and still in good moods, we should get a picture of them all. It was a little tricky, but good enough. As soon as she got here, p.j. found me to ask about presents. Usually we eat first–there was
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The gang was here today and they played and made a huge mess, but that was fine. Then I was looking for the baby’s shoe at the end of the afternoon, so it seemed pretty obvious the way to find the shoe was to clean up the mess. I picked up toys, knelt down and
This girl stopped by with her mom and they left the big sister here while they went Christmas shopping. This one can’t talk yet and give away any surprises. It was hard to get started. I procrastinated a while. Then, finally I had to fire up the oven and get the show on the
baking cookies, 2015 Read More »
He had to work late, and then he was the one holding the security code at a clinic so he couldn’t leave until the others (flooring, counter tops) were done. So he finally made it home and we raced to the tree lot and got there shortly before it closed. Hallelujah. A whole bunch of
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