Up until this morning, Jonathan was doing great with the whole coloring (well, OK, really “scribbling”) thing. He’s been much better about following the mantra we’ve been drilling since the first time he picked up a crayon – “only on the paper”. So this morning, when he sat down at the table and started coloring, [...]

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I guess I should finish telling the story of the St. Louis Trip, before a whole other weekend of fun and excitement comes and goes. Our Sunday started early, for a vacation day, but we wanted to get to the St. Louis Zoo before it got too hot. (Of course, for the second year in [...]

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Saturday in St. Louis was Pool Party Day. My friends arranged for an extra life guard at their neighborhood pool, and reserved the clubhouse so we’d have a gathering place. Mikaela spent much of the day going off the diving board over and over (and over and over) again. I took Jonathan in the baby [...]

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Some friends of mine were getting together in St. Louis, and Miriam was waaaaayyyy overdue for a break, so I packed up this kids this past weekend and brought them with me for a roadtrip. We headed out late Friday morning, getting as far as Boonville before we needed a lunch break. I stopped at [...]

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We almost forgot how much fun open gym at Blue Valley Rec Center was. Mikaela is usually so exhausted after a day at camp, that we decided to take a summer break from gymnastics classes, and I guess that not thinking about gymnastics every week led us to forget about the fun (and cheap!) open [...]

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Last summer, Mikaela was sometimes spooked by the cacophony of sing up and sing down at camp. But not this summer. Mikaela has been the Queen of Spirit since the first week of camp – so much so that she got VERY upset when the “little kids” won the spirit stick that first week, instead [...]

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The JCC Members Appreciation Party was our first opportunity this summer to get Jonathan out into the pool. He pretty much picked up right where he left off last year. He has a blast splashing around the Froggy Pool. He’s at least as big a fan of the little froggy water slide as Mikaela was, [...]

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Fourth of July celebration started early at our house, with a neighborhood parade. Mikaela was excited to ride her bike (with training wheels) and Jonathan rode along in his stroller. It was a tough uphill ride for Mikaela – one thing we learned is that she probably needs a bigger bike. Pedaling hard to get [...]

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Looks like I was a bit too enthusiastic earlier this month. Jonathan’s magical birthday balloon will be heading out with the trash tomorrow. Total time aloft – 208 days.
The downward spiral began on Saturday. I noticed that is had wandered away from it’s usual corner of the kitchen. Later in the day, I noticed [...]

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