Konversations With Kids: Is Santa Real?

We put up the Christmas decorations today. Part of my “day off for myself” was to get the tree out of the garage and we all chipped in to get the ornaments on the tree. While we were finishing up, daughter hit me with THIS big question as she sat sprawled across the couch watching [...]

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Konversations With Kids: We All Do It

Riding home from Christopher’s basketball practice tonight when Ava & Christopher both got a case of the giggle fits. They couldn’t stop laughing and eventually, after about 15 minutes of hysterics, I asked them to calm down. This, of course, brought even MORE hysterical laughing. And then it happened. I snapped. And the entire thing [...]

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Rollin’ In The Leaves

First you rake them all up…

Then you run in them…

And jump in them…

And tackle in them…

And roll in them.

And then dad does all the rest…
The End

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Happy Halloween 2009

Halloween is always a fun night on our street and this year was no exception. We even managed to hit another street other than our own! Both kids practically RAN from house to house, however once Ava’s bag started getting heavy, she slowed down a bit. Here are some photos from the night’s activities. And [...]

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Konversations With Kids: If He Lost His Head…

My son is trying to drive me crazy…I swear!!!
Actually…this ISN’T about a particular conversation. Actually…this is about my son and his head. Because I do believe that if it wasn’t screwed on tightly…he would have no idea where it was. And he would have no idea where to begin to look for it. Or why [...]

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Waking Ava

Getting up in the morning is hard enough, let alone dealing with my 5-year old. As good as she is, she is a pain in the rump to wake up in the morning. And it is usually my responsibility to drag her (literally) out of bed and get her downstairs. Here is a sequence of [...]

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Football Finale

A Long Season Ends
The past couple of days, we sat through gorgeous fall temperatures to watch Christopher play in his final 2 football games of the season. The first round his team didn’t play very well and they lost, so the next day they played for 3rd place in their league. They ended up winning [...]

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Ava, Autumn & The Sun

This is just a picture post. And it speaks for itself. Enjoy…because I know I did…

Ava & Her Pumpkin

Gathering Leaves

Throwing Leaves

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The Last Practice

Christopher had his last practice of the season last Thursday. It has been a long season and he has learned so much from his coaches and the other kids on his team. I can’t remember a time when he has been so into sports. He has been playing sports since he was 3, but this [...]

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October Comes Knockin’

Well damn. Summer is now officially over.
When October hits my calendar, I know the seasons are definitely changing. Today I worked my final baseball game of the year. Today is also my Dad’s birthday (happy 71st Dad!) and there is a distinct nip in the air. Summer FLEW by and now it’s time to throw [...]

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Konversations With Kids: The Greatest Book…EVER?

So my wife picked up some books for the kids over the weekend. Guess they were having a sale somewhere and she allowed them to pick out 3 books each, no matter the topic, on anything that they would want to read about. Ava picked out a book about a multi-colored elephant and some books [...]

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Artwork Breakdown

The mind of a 7-year old boy works in magical ways. The other day Christopher brought home some artwork and dutifully showed me all of the detailed work that went into each part of the drawing. Here is a detailed look at “Artwork By Christopher”…

The Artwork

Rainbow in the upper right surrounded by clouds.

Santa on the [...]

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The End Of “Things”

I hate clutter. I don’t like messiness. It drives me crazy when there are little piles of stuff everywhere. And when you have 2 kids, you KNOW it’s gonna happen. I can’t help myself that I’m a neat freak. Truth be told…I’m not really a bonafide, completely 100% neat freak. Actually I’m only about 70% [...]

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Of All The Things…

My kids have stuff. And lots of it. Like just about everyone else their ages, my kids get stuff from me and their mother and their grandparents and their friends and their friends’ parents and eventually stuff starts to pile up. There’s nothing you can do about it…it just can’t be stopped. And of all [...]

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