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Oct

Mikaela’s Open Letter to Sarah Palin

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

Dear Sarah Palin,
Please stop helping John McCain be President – he just does stuff for rich people.
by Mikaela

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17

Oct

Crazy Thursday – and a touch of funny

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam, Jonathan, Marcia & Larry, Mikaela

We had a crazy day yesterday. Miriam had an early morning court appearance, so I was in charge of getting both kids to school (usually, Miriam takes Jonathan and I take Mikaela). Unfortunately, my brain wasn’t fully functioning yet by the time we left, and I managed to forget to pack Mikaela’s dance bag and [...]

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13

Oct

Mikaela’s 6th birthday party

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

Yesterday was the final phase of Mikaela’s birthday extravaganza celebration. Seventeen of her current kindergarten classmates, plus three of her old preschool buddies and Jonathan took over Elite Gymnastics for a couple of hours. As the oldest kid in her class – and therefore with the first birthday of the year – we didn’t want [...]

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12

Oct

Jonathan at 22 Months

Posted by Aaron  Published in Jonathan

I was surfing through the archives, testing out this new theme, and noticed that I’d done a development update post for Mikaela at 22 months, so I figured a similar update for Jonathan would be interesting. Following the format from that post:
1. Vocabulary – I don’t really have anything concrete to back this up, other [...]

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9

Oct

Mikaela’s new gap-toothed smile

Posted by Aaron  Published in Mikaela

Mikaela celebrated being six years old by yanking out one of her own teeth.
The tooth has been loose for months. She’s been wiggling it like crazy, especially for the last week, and I think she just got tired of waiting for it to come out on its own. Her other front tooth is also loose, [...]

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8

Oct

Happy (belated) Birthday Mikaela!

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam, Mikaela

Mikaela turned six years old yesterday, with Phases 2, 3, 4 of Operation Mikaela’s Birthday. The celebrations actually began back on Sunday. Mikaela and her Sunday School classmates Peyton and Shelby (who share Mikaela’s birthday week) brought cupcakes for the class (Phase 1). Then, Monday at Cottonwood Point, Mikaela got to bang on the [...]

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6

Oct

Getting political for a minute

Posted by Aaron  Published in Aaron & Miriam

For the most part, I’ve kept politics out of this blog. This just didn’t seem the place to bring it up. But Sarah Palin’s latest attempt to tar Barack Obama with a bizarre guilt-by-association charge, attempting to connect Obama to Vietnam-era activism that took place when he was about eight years old, has pushed me [...]

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Aaron's Facebook Status

Aaron is not in the mood for wrestling with opposing counsel today, but if he's not going to cooperate on a depo date, doesn't really have much choice.

(Updated 1 day, 5 hours, 49 minutes ago)

Aaron wants to know who the hell invited Monday?

(Updated 3 days, 7 hours, 35 minutes ago)

Aaron has been reassured that, despite the penchant for dressing up like a princess, Jonathan is ALL boy. After a big meal of Chinese food, he asked to be excused, followed by a HUGE belch. :-|.

(Updated 3 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes ago)

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YouTube Videos

Parents' Watch Week 2008
Title
Parents' Watch Week 2008
Runtime
10:12
Description
Mikaela's Dance Class
Horrible Horrible Haman
Title
Horrible Horrible Haman
Runtime
2:11
Description
Mikaela shares a Purim song
jonberries
Title
jonberries
Runtime
7:17
Description
Jon loves his berries
Mikaela roller skates
Title
Mikaela roller skates
Runtime
1:47
Description
Created on May 5, 2009 using flipshare.
Dance Recital
Title
Dance Recital
Runtime
5:07
Description
Mikaela's first dance recital
Jonathan Does His Laundry
Title
Jonathan Does His Laundry
Runtime
6:15
Description
Created on August 3, 2009 using flipshare.
Daddy's Too Hot for Mikaela Chili
Title
Daddy's Too Hot for Mikaela Chili
Runtime
4:55
Description
Mikaela explains how to make Daddy's chili (even t...

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