Mikaela took a class from Theater of the Imagination. During the class, she and her classmates put together a show called “The Clones vs. The Hannahs”. Mikaela had a great time doing the class (their teacher called her a “natural”) and is looking forward to taking more of them in the future. Here’s the [...]

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Halloween anticipation has been building for several weeks in our house. The kids both settled on their costumes early on – there was never really any doubt the Harry Potter-obsessed Mikaela would go as Harry Potter, and she received most of the components of her costume as birthday presents earlier in the month. We were [...]

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Jonathan and Mikaela got to break in their Halloween costumes a week early at “Boo at the Zoo” at the Kansas City Zoo. After a rainy week, the skies cleared up on Saturday morning and though the day started out kind of cold, the sunshine warmed us up and made for a really pleasant day [...]

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I have a new niece! Ella Dayne Rittmaster was born yesterday morning, October 4, 2009. She weighed 7.5 pounds and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great – Matt says that Sarah and Ella might even be able to come home from the hospital today. Mikaela and Jonathan are excited to meet [...]

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The end of September was remarkably quiet, all things considered. Mikaela is settling into her first grade routine. Jonathan continues to explore his music (especially classical music) obsession. Even the high holidays were relatively stress free. Of course, this is really the calm before the storm – Fall craziness is just around the corner.
Next week, [...]

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Corey was in town for the Kansas City Improv Festival, so we got together after Sunday School for lunch at Mom & Dad’s house. Amid the usual good food (BBQ, of course) and family fun, Mom dug out Grandpa Sam’s old saxophone. Mikaela tried it first, and managed to get sound out of it pretty [...]

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We had a fun Labor Day brunch at Aunt Judy and Uncle Lloyd’s house. The weather was beautiful, and it was wonderful that Bubbie was feeling better and was able to be there with us. The kids had a great time – Uncle Lloyd showed Jonathan how to use a telescope (well, he tried – [...]

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Wow. I managed to let myself get a whole month behind in blog postings. Yikes! OK, time to start catching up. We recognized quickly when we got back from vacation that it was time to move Jonathan from his crib into a big boy bed. He’s just too big – he kept waking himself up [...]

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Mikaela started back at school the day after we got back from vacation. She was excited to start first grade, and has adjusted well to full day school. She brings her lunch most days (in her beloved Harry Potter lunchbox), buys her lunch at school once/week, and is generally enjoying that she can choose what [...]

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