Mostly Christmas morning went smoothly. If anybody had a problem it was Ian… we think he was a little tired, and not as used to sharing toys — especially new ones. There were a few moments where he looked like he was going to go hysterical. It seemed like maybe Kaylee was also a little […]
Christmas at last! Days of swimming, playing games on Grampa Ray’s laptop, playing games on Uncle D’s iPhone, running around the house while being timed and taking “short cuts” through The Villages have culminated in a spectacular morning of joy! “OH. MAH. GAHD. I CAN’T SEE THE FLOOR.” See this image larger. Here Ian glares […]
Continuing the story, this we start in the evening hours of the 21st… I know it looks like Ian is leading Kaylee to the liquor cabinet here, but I think he just remembered where all the toys were. See this image larger. About 24 hours later, on the 22nd, aboard the S.S. Rubbermaid, rumbles of […]
I had my web host move the blog so that we didn’t run into so much downtime… sadly this messed up permissions and I’ve been unable to edit the blog. That’s not why, tho. I’ve basically been on fire since I got back from Florida with work and whatever else. But now we’re back in […]
NOTE – this is the last update of 2008… I’ll spill the beans about Christmas when we returm to Rockford in 2009! So we’re starting to catch up to the present now. Over the course of the last many entries, we’ve been edging closer. I decided a week or two that it was time to […]
Determined parents braved horrifying roads, ever-worsening weather conditions and a filled-beyond capacity parking lot to see their offspring put on a 15-30 second show of Christmas cheer the night of December 9th, 2008. And of course we couldn’t let it go by without getting it on video! Please forgive the part where you can’t see […]
Melissa and I were treated to our first parent/teacher conference for his daycare on Monday the 8th of December. Overall it was interesting to hear about things from a teacher’s perspective, and we learned a lot about our son and our son’s daycare. It is easy to get a little frustrated in this situation — […]
Because of the busy schedules of everybody involved, Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia came over for an early Christmas on the 7th of December! They picked a great day, too… it was the one magic day of the week that had flurries instead of snow showers. We all had a fantastic time… Ian’s personality really […]
Welcome to the present… (I’ll go back in time and continue Ian’s adventures over the course of the coming days — yes I’m even planning on catching up on the road, if possible.) Here’s the outlook on the Florida trip. The weather is supposed to be horrible tomorrow when our flight leaves. Locally here in […]
You know that thing kids do on TV commercials where they go outside and play in the snow giggling and tromping around until they’re completely numb and have to have hot cocoa to even get close to feeling their fingers again? Didn’t happen. (These are from just before Grandma Marcia and Grampa Dave’s visit!) The […]
