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He’s really not shoving this alto sax up his nose; he’s just excited to learn how to play it. We went through a long list of potential instruments, some of which I negated based on their Migraine Trigger Factor. Violin or strings in general — no. Tuba — nope. Drums — yeah, no, no, a […]
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Party of five, please. It’s an odd number, but one that works well for us. We never quite fit into that family package for vacations, hotel room bookings or even a booth in a restaurant (now that Bella doesn’t fit into a high chair). And yet, look at us, we make sense. Don’t we? Well, […]
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Seventeen years ago, we didn’t even dream about these three smiling faces. We were too busy enjoying our honeymoon in Walt Disney World. Ah, that beach in front of the Grand Floridian is so gorgeous, but I wouldn’t trade it for those three smiling faces. Or for that frosty margarita pictured below. On every one […]
posted in: Balance, Milestones, Things We Do
The Boy Scouts celebrated 100 Years of Scouting with a huge Jamboree which included Mud Volleyball. I truly have no words left to describe how I would so NOT do this, but both of my boys loved every minute of it. Yes, even Ken jumped in after snapping the picture. The small, pale kid in […]
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The day of the big recital is here and as usual, I breathe a sigh of relief that this only occurs once a year. This year Maka and Baka were both here and that was quite a treat for all of us. Backstage reaches a level of organized chaos that I have only seen in […]
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It’s the sixteenth anniversary of the movie, “Hoop Dreams“. I remember when it came out, Ken was still coaching High School Basketball and I thought that every parent of every player should see the movie. Promise me that if you haven’t seen it that you will, especially if you’re a coach or if you have […]
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In the Fall, Alex is going to not play soccer for the first time since he was four years old. There are lots of fun and new activities to look forward to in Middle School and we want him to try those out first. So it was a bittersweet moment to watch his last soccer […]