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Short Stories

November 18th – Daddy – “Nothing’s happening in this video. Are you bored?” Ian – “You’re with me, so I’m not bored.” (He said this matter-of-factly or else I’d have thought he was buttering me up for something. Instead he just meant it like he said… it was sort of “How could I possibly be […]

Caught Up At Last!

November 21st, somebody has claimed the remote, with a smile! See this image larger. Ian appears dissatisfied with his current periodical. See this image larger. Ian appears to be bored with the video that he and Daddy are watching. See this image larger. Ian appears to be unhappy with his motorcycle ride at Playworld, November […]

Up Front and Round Back

First let’s talk about teeth and mouthes and stuff. November 20th, marks the first day that our family of four have all eaten the same thing at the same time! See this image larger. It was beef stew, and it looks to me like Nina is more than happy to be able to sink her […]

Getting There!

Almost caught up, folks! BONUS AUDIO -> This is actually from November 13th — Click here to hear Ian explain super heroes and sing the days of the week song! November 15th, Nina tries for “super villain” lighting. See this image larger. November 16th, Christmas PJ’s are in season! See this image larger. BONUS VIDEO!!! […]

PARTY!!!

November 14th wasn’t just the “Nina tells a story” day… although she can spin quite a yarn, can’t she? As the final leg of my month-long birthday extravaganza, Melissa and I hosted all of our work-buddies together for a party with all the kids, and then out to eat — it was awesome! We had […]

Nina Tells A Story

November 14th, Nina told the following story through facial expressions and body language. *I’ma tell you a story, k daddy?* See this image larger. *Once upon a time there was a guy joggin’.* See this image larger. *And this other dude was drivin…* See this image larger. *And the car dude ran over the jogger […]

Quiet Time at Home

November 9th showed up and we celebrated Grandma Sue’s birthday by having Ian sing her the full song, with gusto. It was awesome, and he did so without any form of practice. I was caught by surprise at how well he did, and wished I could have recorded it. He had Grandma Sue smiling ear-to-ear, […]

Escape to Boyne Mountain, Part III

Part III of our escape! Would our heroes find something fun to do with the waterpark closed? Would they forget their cares and enjoy themselves? Would somebody’s iPhone finally take a decent picture? Why yes, yes apparently our phones ARE capable of decent pictures! No photoshop on this, I got three smiles from my beautiful […]

Escape to Boyne Mountain, Part II

Our first day had been about getting ourselves situated and taking advantage of the Saturday-only attractions. But the next day (November 7th) was our big day at the waterpark! . . BONUS VIDEO!!! In this video Nina calls for Mama, and I try to reassure her that Mommy is going to be there shortly. Click […]

Escape to Boyne Mountain, Part I

As part of my month-long birthday present, Mommy took the family on a vacation — also thanks in part to our friends Scott and Elena giving us a gift certificate that they could not use. It was a quiet two and a half hour drive north up 131 to Boyne. As this trip could be […]

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