Mikaela has her own unique concept of time, but I think I’ve finally got it figured out.
Yesterday = Any time prior to the present. “Yesterday, when we went to Grandma Mouse on the airplane . . .” (the trip actually took place back in August).
Today = Any time in the next 24 hours. When Mikaela [...]

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Happy Turkey Day everyone! I started Thanksgiving in the traditional way – by heading to the Shawnee Mission East football field for the Turkey Bowl.
Discretion was the better part of valor this year. With the new baby arriving soon, I decided I couldn’t really risk an injury. So I brought Mikaela and Spike and [...]

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Mikaela called Aunt Mo last night, to ask her if she would cut Mikaela’s hair while she’s in town for Thanksgiving (Mikaela explained that she wanted Mo to “put things in my hair”).  Mikaela proceeded to chat with Mo and Corey for a solid 15 minutes - possibly a new record for her.  Of course I [...]

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The bathroom remodel is getting done.  The tile is down on the floor, and underneath the tile are radiant heating mats, so that in the fall/winter our tile floor will be nice and toasty.

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The last couple of weeks have been kind of slow-going. Our contractor had to finish up another job, then he had child-care issues, and then the fun began. First, he discovered that the shower pan had been made out of about four inches of self-leveling compound (which is only supposed to be used up to [...]

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