What do you do with an energetic preschooler who can’t go back to school for 24 hours, because he was sent home sick? Show him how to use iMovie! Looks like the kids have started learning the songs for the Thanksgiving program. If you search this blog, you can probably find video of [...]

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Sunday, September 13 was a busy day. After hanging out with family for lunch, Miriam and I headed out to Knuckleheads because my old friend Guy Forsyth was in town with his band. We had a nice dinner at Classic Cup on the Plaza, and then headed down to the railroad tracks for the show [...]

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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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September started with birthday dinner for Grandma Marcia at our house. I’m not sure how the math works out on this (math has never been my strong suit) but I’m told that she was celebrating her 29th birthday (or at least the anniversary thereof ). Mikaela decorated the cake (using an entire tube [...]

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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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Sorry for being slow at posting the wrap-up of the Minnesota Trip – getting back just in time for Mikaela to start first grade had me a bit distracted. HIghlights of the last few days of vacation included a return trip to the House of Bounce (this time, Jonathan got to come too – last [...]

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We set out for Rochester, MN on Sunday, beginning the more relaxed leg of our vacation trip. Not that it hasn’t been fun – it’s been great. But the pace has been much more relaxed. We’ve spent much of our time hanging out at the “Mouse House” with Steve and Sali and Gabe and Eli. [...]

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We got a nice treat when Annie came to town for her high school reunion. We had a fun, casual dinner at Aunt Judy and Uncle Lloyd’s. Matt and Uncle Lloyd talked car repair. Mikaela gave Annie a refresher course in slapjack. And Mikaela and Jonathan provided some extra entertainment when they found Annie’s old [...]

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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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