Awww, see that face? We held him a long time today, and he’s into listening now. When it gets quiet, he listens intently, searches to see us. These guys were game to get out into the SNOW! All two inches of it! Yes! They’re outside! Out of our hair! I brought my Dove chocolates to […]
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They were as loud and hilarious as ever tonight, going to play Game boy in Tim’s bed. We said prayers, kissed goodnight, and then the racket began. The shrieking and laughing and loud thumping were outrageous. I was painting the bathroom in the family room, and that’s a hard room to paint. It’s tiny, the
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The science kit came out tonight. He went nuts with it. It’s vinegar and baking soda in the little tube. The reaction is what launches the rocket. They assembled this funny mobile of the solar system too. I don’t think it’s to scale. They launched it numerous times, trying to get the balance of vinegar
Oh, you know her. It’s Julia Katrin. This afternoon I found this Christmas dress at the store, and we’ve been going through closets and drawers, getting rid of outgrown clothes, and I’m pretty sure there must be a Christmas dress that fits her already in the closet. I think it’s a black velvet dress Kirsten
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This girl is very, very mobile this week. Today she crawled from her safe little blanket in the family room out to the kitchen–just where a person wants a precious, beautiful baby, right? Going around the dirty floors. (Stay on your blanket, p.j.) No. Boring on the blanket. She was almost to the dog water
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We spent it doing what we do. Last night there were two kids still up after midnight, with a movie player in the quilts playing Toy Story II, two Nintendo DS thingies, and waaaay too much shrieking and thumping and carrying on. I was disgusted. Being all giddy and hilarious at 10:00 is one thing,
Which weren’t actually taken until the second day of school, but who cares? We got McDonald’s and went to the park for lunch. Here she’s got bbq sauce in her hair. And this child loves the french fries Here they found a little stick structure left by some other kids, someone else’s fairy house maybe.
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She was mad about being left behind, so we offered to take her for a boat ride. She wanted to take the pontoon boat, so the dogs could come along and she could drive. Okay, fine. It was a great ride. Here’s the eagle: And the loon: This is a flock of seagulls resting on
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This is the island. And there’s the eagle–click on the picture to see it better. Here are two friends enjoying a boat ride. “Makes bumps, Daddy!” Yeah, so the bumps were great until she hit her tooth on the edge of the boat. Unh. It was okay in a little while, but still. And this
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This is a pic of you and me Julia, from seven years ago. You were born at 1 am, after we’d spent the day at the beach. Labor started late in the afternoon and in the middle of the night, there you were, born in our dark, quiet bedroom. the next day The word that
