first truly spring day

Sunday was a beautiful sunny day and 72°F. Perfect for an Easter outside. It was one of the most pleasant days in a while. Everyone in our home is healthy and the house is not completely trashed lived in. The sun is shining and the birds are tweeting. In the morning, we had a pleasant breakfast, including…

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New Pictures

We finally got around to uploading new pictures to Google.  There are two sets.  The first are some pictures of the kids at Lake Michigan in the winter with some others mixed in.  The pictures can be found here.  It was also Hayden’s birthday today so that means a new album within Google.  The link…

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“F Bombs”

Tonight’s dinner conversation while Mike was out at a meeting: Vi: What does it mean to drop an “f bomb”? Me: Where did you learn that? Vi: Minecraft. Me: Huh? Vi: Billy [or whatever boy’s name] said he needed to drop the f bomb. Me: Well, the f bomb is usually what someone says when…

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Bad Days

Libby picked up the kids tonight and got the scoop on how their days went. I got a text from Libby saying that both kids had a bad day and that the kids wanted to talk to me. I called to hear what happened and talked with Violet first. At school she threw a pencil…

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Trips to Meijer

Usually I go to Meijer by myself because it is a lot quicker and the kids usually don’t want to go.  Occasionally, the kids do want to go to Meijer.  This is usually because Libby is doing something boring at home like cleaning or something.  When I do take the kids to Meijer I bring…

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Neon LIghts

A couple weeks back Violet brought home a flyer.  This wasn’t that special since the school and PTO seem to have events of some kind or another continuously.  The flyer that she brought home was for the “Neon Lights” event.  Upon reading it, the event was a daddy daughter dance.  Libby and I were discussing…

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Catching up on some Videos

Violet is adorable. Well, both of our kids are adorable. They both LOVE to sing. Ever since we saw Frozen, Violet (and Hayden) has been singing Let It Go. This afternoon, the song was playing in the living room while Violet and Hayden were painting and she just was belting it out. I played it…

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Knowledge is Bad

Violet has only been in Kindergarten for a few months and I am already realizing that it would be better to keep her secluded and away from evil things like books and words.  Below is evidence for why learning is evil. This drawing was being created in the dining room while Libby and I were…

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Ben Jammin

So Hayden is a groupie… At his Daycare there is a piano teacher by the name of Ben Jammin (given I am sure). Ben does concerts for the kids at Hayden’s daycare and Hayden loves it. As we were walking out one day Hayden saw Ben from afar and ran to give him a hug….

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