Was up at oh-dark-thirty this morning thanks to Reagan.  Thought I'd go back to bed for a few more winks, but the pitter patter of Gracie's feet coming down the stairs demanded otherwise.  She wandered into the kitchen and gave me a giant hug, and I was all You're up early - it's still dark out!  And she said, Well, it's almost light and I heard ( Read more... )

So, I haven't written here in about a hundred years.  I decided today that I'm going to fix that, and what better place to start than with a fun Levi story ( Read more... )

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So, I finally got around to loading a bunch of photos to Flickr, and a bunch of videos to YouTube.

This is by far the best photo I've gotten of all three kids in a long time:


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We got Jonny's report card in the mail yesterday:

Social Relations with Peers: Appropriate
Academic Progress: Appropriate

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Jonny has made enormous progress with his fine motor skills.  He recently has been working on the North American and USA regional maps.  He has many friends and is thoughtful of others.  We often look for ways to motivate ( Read more... )

So anyone who took the time to read my "50 questions" meme has learned that Levi is in a cast.  He was chasing Jonny and Gracie around the house and totally wiped out in the kitchen.  Poor kid broke both bones in his right arm, just above his wrist.  It was broken badly enough that an orthopedic surgeon had to reset the bones before they could put ( Read more... )

Jonny and Gracie are obsessed with this song:

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I think we listened to it seven times on the way to work today.  I don't mind... it's way better than the Halloween CD my mom bought them.  Good gravy that thing is AWFUL.  There is one "song" that goes on for over 4 1/2 minutes, with just one monotoned-voiced man doing nursery rhymes, all with the same ( Read more... )

On Saturday I learned that Jonny not only knows his home phone number, but can dial it on his own.  He and Gracie were at my mom and dad's house Saturday morning, and Jonny called me.  Mom swears she didn't help him at all.  He's been very interested in phone numbers for different people/places lately... interesting to know that our home phone ( Read more... )