Mikaela got hold of Grandma Marcia’s digital camera a couple of weeks ago, and took some surprisingly interesting pictures (like this one of Jonthan and me). I’ve uploaded them to their own photo album, along with some of her other recent creative digital work. Mikaela’s a big fan of the PhotoBooth software on my MacBook, [...]
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28
Mar
Creative Mikaela Spotlight
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23
Mar
Anybody need a highchair? Seems we now have a spare. Tonight, Jonathan graduated to his own seat at the table. He’s been grousing about being in his highchair more and more lately, so we finally gave in. He did great with dinner. Breakfast in the morning may be more of a challenge, when he has [...]
21
Mar
Jonathan’s daycare provider called early this morning to say that she was ill. So Jonathan spent the morning with me at my office. That confetti you see around him used to be a pop-up book.
Miriam met us here downtown for lunch, and Jonathan was asleep in the car on the way home before they’d even [...]
13
Mar
The plan for tonight was to meet for a quick dinner at iHOP and then head back to the CDC for a Puppet Show. But at dinner, it was clear that Jonathan wasn’t feeling well. He ate fine, but he was fussier than usual, and Miriam noticed that he was grabbing at his ears. Luckily, [...]
13
Mar
As I initially mentioned in this post, the helium balloon bought for Jonathan’s first birthday celebration appears to have incredible staying power. This photo was taken this morning. The balloon has changed position, because we did release it from the chair to which it had been tied since Jonathan’s birthday. But since floating on up [...]
8
Mar
Today, we made our annual trek to Lawrence to watch the Jayhawks close out their Big12 regular season with the KU Hillel crew at the Bagels & Basketball event. It’s great to see firsthand again how much the program has grown.
But Mikaela’s favorite part is getting to hang out with the Jayhawk before the game. [...]
8
Mar
Not to be outdone by his big sister learning to use the vacuum cleaner (follow the link to the Photo Gallery at right for photographic evidence in the March 2008 Album), Jonathan insisted on trying his hand at cleaning the hardwoods in the kitchen. He had a hard time keeping the mop end doing what [...]
7
Mar
Mikaela has been learning Purim songs at school, with Purim only two weeks away. She wanted to share her favorite of their Purim songs with everyone, so here it is - “Horrible Horrible Haman Walking Through the Shushan”.
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