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Fatherhood

Jul 9, 2015

On Father’s Day I posted some recent pictures of Tyler in his daddy-element on Facebook.  As I was collecting the pictures I was struck (again) with how lucky I am and how lucky my kids are to have Tyler.  He’s such a wonderful match for each of us.  I wanted to put pictures here on the blog, too, to remember this season (all from...

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Winning and Losing it
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Winning and Losing it

Feb 18, 2015

Who’s going to win it?  –a question Dylan is constantly asking as he started trying to make everything a race lately.  At least we get from point to point much faster, and I have another tool up my sleeve to get his cooperation!  We did a family visit to the track the other day and the kids had a blast running around with Daddy. ...

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A Day in the Life of Early Start
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Early Start……starts early.  Try as I may, I can’t seem to ever get us all there on time with shoes on and diapers clean. I’m starting to think the pigs might fly if I did.  Nevertheless, we have a packed three hours of development fun twice a week.  Here’s a little window into Whitney’s Early Start days. WORK TIME. When we arrive, we grab...

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Resolutions Revisited
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Resolutions Revisited

Jul 1, 2013

For the past two years Tyler and I have taken the challenge to make New Years Goals. While I am an excellent list maker, and a big idealist and dreamer….deciding on a few things to commit to prioritizing is not easy.  My 2012 goal was basically to survive – I was drowning in the daily drum of a 2.5 month old and a 16...

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Traveling With Toddlers
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We’re still in the afterglow of a great trip to see family in Colorado this past weekend.  The piles of laundry are disappearing and the kids are back to taking good naps, and finally I’ve gotten to go through my photos and reminisce some of the good times. We haven’t been on a plane with them since Christmas…and travel days can be tough…here are...

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Springtime!
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Springtime!

Apr 23, 2013

In springtime, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding; Sweet lovers love the spring. — Shakespeare Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh, what a beautiful day. I’ve got a beautiful feeling everything’s going [our] way! — Curly in Oklahoma! [the way I sing it with the kids] Wake up buttercups and daisies, wake up violets dear, see...

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