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Feb

Bike!

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

She’s been asking for a bicycle since the first warm day of the winter when she saw the neighborhood kids on their bikes. She’s really too big for her trike anyway. So we picked up a bike today at Target.
Mikaela even helped me to put it together when we got it home. She patiently kept [...]

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24

Feb

Cute Mikaela Notes

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

Just so ALL of the recent posts aren’t downers, here’s a few random cute/amazing Mikaela notes:
1. Monday night, after a day of being sick, Mikaela headed for her own bedroom after brushing her teeth instead of to our bedroom – despite being invited to sleep in Mommy & Daddy’s bed.  We asked her why and [...]

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24

Feb

My Alexander Day

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam

On Tuesday, I had what is “affectionately” referred to in our house as an “Alexander Day”:

Despite going to bed about 3 hours earlier than usual on Monday night night, I wake up completely exhausted on Tuesday morning.
Because I’m exhausted, I’m running a bit late, and then I realize that yesterday was a federal holiday, which [...]

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24

Feb

Not Just Croup – The Flu Too :(

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

Good thing that Monday was President’s Day.  We were just about recovered from the early Sunday morning bout with croup by Sunday evening.  We all went to bed before 8 p.m. just to make sure.  Shortly after midnight, we were awakened by the awful sound of puking child (as much as the mess was a [...]

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20

Feb

Congratulations Eli!

Posted by Aaron  Published in Eli Holmes

Great news!  Eli Holmes has been admitted to the Doctoral Program in Psychology at Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN.  Best of all, full funding is guaranteed for the first two years of the three year program, and may be available for the third year as well.

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19

Feb

Crap. Thought she’d outgrown this. :(

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam, Mikaela

After all of the fun and excitement of last night, I settled in and enjoyed my TiVoed recording of KU shellacking Mizzou while Miriam and Mikaela headed to bed. So I’d only been asleep for a few hours when Miriam and I were awakened by that familiar barking cough and wheezy strider. I glanced at [...]

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18

Feb

Busy Saturday Afternoon

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam, Mikaela

We spent a lazy Saturday morning hanging out and watching Dora, but the activity level picked up in the afternoon.  First, we had a belated Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating Party with folks from my office.  Mikaela got to play with her hosts, Robert and Clara Luby, and Nick Flores.  They played with toys, in the [...]

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5

Feb

Meet Spike

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam, Mikaela

We’ve been talking about getting a dog since we moved into the new house with a nice, fenced, backyard some ten months ago. This month, we decided it was time. Mikaela agreed that she would like to have a “sister dog,” so we drove out to Wayside Waifs to see about adopting a shelter dog. [...]

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5

Feb

Aaron’s January Update

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam

January was pretty eventful for me too.  I had an annual checkup the first week in January, and when my blood work came back my triglyceride numbers were high enough that my doctor was concerned.  It was time for a long-overdue re-dedication to health.  Having already quit smoking, it was time to work on reducing [...]

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5

Feb

Mikaela’s January Update

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

January was an exciting month for Mikaela.  It started with a visit to Grandma Mouse’s over New Year’s weekend, where she also got to see Uncle Gabe and Uncle Eli.  When we got home, she started her enrichment classes at preschool.  On Mondays she has cooking class.  So far, she’s made things like colored popcorn [...]

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