For about as long as I can remember, part of the Thanksgiving tradition in the Rittmaster Family has been “The Scavenge.” The Scavenge occurs when Uncle Lloyd begins carving the Turkey. Corey, Matt and I gather on the opposite side of the table from where Uncle Lloyd is standing. We have been joined, at various [...]

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It was only a few steps, but he did it! Yesterday afternoon, most of the family was gathered in the living room at Grandma Marcia and Zaydie Larry’s house, sharing what we were thankful for this year. Jonathan was in the kitchen with Miriam. Starting from the baker’s rack, Jonathan let go and [...]

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Wow, the holidays have really snuck up on me this year. Chanukah is only a couple of weeks away, as is Jonathan’s first birthday. People have been asking what the kids would like as gifts. I put together a couple of Amazon Wish Lists, just to provide some examples of things we think they’d like. [...]

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Mikaela’s Pre-K (don’t EVER let her catch you calling her class “preschool”) Thanksgiving Program was last week. Sorry, no video this year. Miriam had her hands full with Jonathan (seen here eagerly awaiting the start of the program), and I didn’t think I could handle juggling two cameras. But in the Photo Gallery you can [...]

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One of the things I love about my MacBook computer is the built-in iSight camera. The Mac also comes with a fun little program called PhotoBooth. PhotoBooth allows you to very easily add all kinds of funky effects to pictures taken with the iSight camera. I like playing with PhotoBooth ocassionally, but Mikaela LOVES it. [...]

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Here’s Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) and her bumblebee friend, ready to head out for a night of trick-or-treating. We were sure that Jonathan would HATE wearing that bee costume, but he loved every minute of it. I even got him to say “buzz buzz buzz.” Miriam took the kids trick-or-treating around [...]

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