As we sat down for dinner tonight, Jonathan started throwing an incredible fit. He was in his high chair, but he was trying to push the high chair tray away, and refused to take a bite of his chicken & rice casserole (which is usually one of his favorite meals). We couldn’t figure out what [...]

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Mikaela got home from CDC with exciting news today – she lost another tooth. In the picture here, you can also see her first adult tooth, coming in right next too the hole from the new missing tooth.
With a wink and a nod, Mikaela and I agreed that I would “pretend” to be the Tooth [...]

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This post (and the accompanying picture) are more to document our little impromptu experiment than anything else. You see, the balloon in this picture is currently floating in our kitchen. It was purchased – and filled with helium – for Jonathan’s first birthday celebration. We’ve made no effort to help keep this balloon aloft. We [...]

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Valentine’s Day dinner was a strawberry affair, featuring pink heart-shaped pancakes, fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup, and strawberry smoothies to drink. The kids got various little Valentine’s cards and treats from both sets of grandparents, Miriam and I, and aunts and uncles.
Miriam and I had said we weren’t going to do Valentine’s gifts this year, [...]

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Jonathan has a bad habit of playing in Spike’s water dish, and more than once we’ve caught him trying to eat Spike’s food. So now, as soon as he starts heading in the direction of Spike’s dishes, Miriam and I (and sometimes Mikaela too) are already telling him, “no,” and shaking our heads no.
The other [...]

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Two weeks ago, at Mikaela’s basketball game, the kids were having a difficult time with the concept of defense – there was too much pushing and grabbing. So they told the kids that there were not to try and steal the ball, just get in the way and hold their hands up to block shots. [...]

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Friday afternoon, Jonathan approached the computer while Miriam was finishing up a quick Email check. Miriam closed the laptop lid, and Jonathan started to screech. He reached out to the computer and then made the baby-sign for “more” (referenced in the post below this one). So I launched a free application I found when I [...]

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