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2/12/2024 – Riding Bikes
Izzy has taken flight, on her bike that is. We went from not wanting to try, to maybe trying briefly once or twice, to last Friday she was able to ride her bike from our house to Seth’s. It took Read more…
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1/27/2023 – Basketball
Joseph (that’s his name now, he has corrected us, he is not joe or Joe Joe) and Izzy are playing on the same team at the YMCA. This is year 3 for Izzy, Year 1 for Joe. We get one Read more…
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1/2/2023 – Go Fish
Izzy has learned and mastered Go Fish. We started playing right before Christmas, and she is into it. She doesn’t like losing though, neither does Joe. They both want to play, a lot. Joe played this morning before school. When Read more…
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12/28/2023 – Post Christmas
Izzy and Joe have had a busy week. They opened presents for what felt like 4 days straight. I don’t even know what we have at this point. One thing is clear, Joe likes to cheat. The kid finds ways Read more…
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12/12/2023 – Christmas Carols
Joe had his “Christmas Concert” today at daycare. They sang 8 songs, including one in Mandarin. Joe knew them all, and was enthusiastic. He was so happy that Marny and I were there. It was really cool, I was sorry Read more…
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11/27/2023 – Qwixx and “Bowling”
We had a great week of Thanksgiving. So many things to be thankful for. We made our pilgrimage to Uncle Brian’s estate in Fredericksburg, where we ran the 5k amongst other things. Uncle P is the runaway favorite uncle/aunt in Read more…
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11/10/23 – Learning to Read + Tennis
Izzy has begun to read. It’s pretty cool to watch her progression. It’s really clicked in the last week. She’s able to sound out basic 3 letter words and is starting to recognize certain words. She started really not being Read more…
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11/1/2023 – Halloween Panthers
Izzy and I went to the Panthers v. Texans game last Sunday. I’m not sure how much she liked it, but she did sleep the whole way home and until 7 pm, after which she was awake until about 11 Read more…
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10/15/2023 – Pumpkins + Swim Test
Today was Sunday, and after church we went to get some pumpkins. Of course, Izzy picked out the biggest pumpkin there ($23), and Joe picked out one not much smaller ($17). I picked out a yellow one and Anna already Read more…
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10/1/2023 – “Can we play disc golf”
Joe and I wen to Idlewild park yesterday, and he played with me. Afterwards, there was a guy in the parking lot – Michael – who had a boatload of used discs. Jackpot. I hadn’t bought any discs in a Read more…