Such a wonderful smile   But you’d never have thought we had a chance as a smile like that just a few minutes earlier.  Mikaela has been BEGGING us to take her to the “Frog Pool”, which is the swimming pool at the JCC (officially Waterama), since right about the first Spring thaw.  The [...]

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Now that Miriam’s had her first prenatal appointment with her new OB/GYN, it’s time we went ahead and shared the news officially – we’re pregnant!  It’s still early – Miriam is 10 weeks in.  Seredipitously, she’s due on her birthday – December 16.  Here’s baby’s first photograph.
It’s hard to make out too much in the [...]

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Tonight was Mikaela’s first-ever Dance Recital. She was all dressed up in her blue dance costume, with spray glitter courtesy of one of her classmates’ mommy. She did a great job and had a lot of fun with it.
Here’s a link to the video. It’s a large file – you might be best off just [...]

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Sorry that your birthday wishes are a day late.
On your birthdays in history:

In 1503 Christopher Columbus “discovered” the Cayman Islands
In 1774 Louis XVI ascended to the throne in France
In 1924 J. Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the FBI
In 1940 Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister
In 1969 the AFL and the NFL announced their merger

You [...]

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Happy Anniversary Steve and Sali!
On your anniversary in history:

In 1754 the first newspaper cartoon in America appeared
In 1887 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show opened in London
In 1926 Explorers Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennet made the first flight over the North Pole
In 1955  Sam and Friends debuts on a local US television channel, marking the first [...]

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Happy 63rd birthday Dad!
On this day in history:

In 1794 the U.S. Post Office was established.
In 1914 Congress estabilshed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
In 1956 Alfred E. Neuman appeared on the cover of “Mad Magazine” for the first time.
In 1966 Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles) became the first player to hit a ball completely [...]

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As in her Mojo harmonica.  Mikaela had been asking for a harmonica for the last week or so.  We were at Barnes & Nobles on Sunday afternoon, and I stumbled upon a “How to Play Harmonica” book complete with free Mojo harmonica.  I couldn’t pass it up, and Mikaela spent much of the afternoon playing [...]

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