I recently had a birthday and Jake was excited for cake. He was really ready to celebrate. Jake also told me what I wanted for a present. Apparently I wanted a monster truck, Brutus to be exact. So Kathie went out and tried to find that truck, she could not but she found another that …
Tag Archive: Kathie
Feb
09
Growing a Girl: Happy Pink Blur
So after 3 years of blue, and monster trucks I now am seeing a lot of pink. It seems to be moving faster around the house as well. She is crawling everywhere and into places she should not be yet. She is also pulling up on a lot items and starting to cruise. Jake is …
Feb
07
Family Tuesday: Learning from Children
These past couple of weeks, we have had some milestones come and go in our family. Someone got a new tooth, the other goes potty with out a step stool and has started writing his name. Every night I wonder what they did that day, and what I can do to help. I know I …
Feb
01
My Son’s view: Diggers and Construction equipment
Kathie was driving home earlier this week when Jill started talking. Jake asked “What is Jill talking about.” “I don’t know, what do you think she is talking about?” his mother replied. “She is talking about diggers, and monster trucks.” So now everyone has to talk about construction equipment with Jake. He has a full …
Jan
31
Family Tuesday: The trip to the Children’s Museum
Family trips are a great way to not only get out of the house, but watch to see how much your children have grown. We went to the Minnesota Children’s Museum in St. Paul this past weekend, and had a blast. We will definitely be coming back there and also visiting the Children’s Museum in …
Jan
27
Photo Friday: Washington DC
In 2007 Kathie and I enjoyed a week vacation in Washington DC. We had a great time, and would love to go back. Capitol at Dusk National Mall at dusk MASH sign Lincoln in the Capitol Building White House south lawn White House from the north Jefferson Memorial World War II Memorial Capitol Building at …
Jan
19
Growing a Girl: Fast mover and talker
The most repeated question in our house as of late has been, where is Jill going? She seems to be moving nonstop. The only times she does stop is to rest, chew on something or climb something to stand up. I fear we may have a really active child on our hands. Jake did not …
Jan
17
Family Tuesday: Sharing the load
Saturday was one of those days that you wish you could either do over, or skip. Jill decided to party at 2:30 and stay up until about 3:45 when we fed her. We had been trying to get her to sleep all night. Well, we’ll scrap that for now. Then Jake wanted to get up …
Jan
13
Jan
12
Growing a Girl: And so it begins
7 months ago, the only one getting a good amount of sleep in this family were the cats and Jake. Jill decided to start moving at 3 in the morning and we had to act. We found a co-worker of Kathie’s to watch him that morning and our daycare provider watched him the rest of …

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