Today marks a pretty big milestone for you my little princess, you are 1. Its been 4 months since I wrote you a letter and now like then you are going through some big changes. You are on the verge of walking, starting to try and climb stairs and learning to drink from a cup, …
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Category:Fatherhood
Project 365-017: Violet enjoys some water
Today when Melissa left to go shopping with her mom I hoped to get some chores done around the house. After all it was Nap time for the kids. I expected the challenge to be Jacob, but it turned out that Violet was the one who refused to nap. So I had an unexpected afternoon …
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Project 365-013: Skating with Jacob
Tonight was Jacob’s second skating lesson of 2010, the second time he laced up at Long Branch Centennial Arena. What set tonight apart from other skating lessons is that I strapped on skates and got on the Ice with Jacob and Danny. It was an interesting experience then watching from the sidelines. I had hoped …
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Project 365-012: Sleeping Boy
Tonight when I peaked in on Jacob to make sure that he was sleeping soundly. As I looked down at my sleeping boy I wondered how he was comfortable sprawled out like that. He’s growing so fast, it seems like just yesterday that he first slept in his big boy bed. A bed he looked …
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Project 365-007: An Evening With Trains
Today while sitting downstairs I heard a little voice call, ‘Daddy I need your help’. So I went up to see what my little guy wanted. He wanted to do his train set in a different way, using the Firehouse. So I spent an enjoy able evening with my son playing trains. We used a …
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Project 365-004: First day of School
Today Jacob started pre-school. So at 10 to 9 this morning we headed out in the snow to walk to the school. He was very excited about starting school today, though the thought of making foot prints in the snow kept him walking in the cold. Dropping him off went without a hitch, he almost …
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Looking forward to a years milestones
January will be a month of Milestones for our little family. First we have Jacob starting Pre-School tomorrow and registration for Kindergarten. I thought I had more time before I had to think about sending him off to school, but it seems that it’s all happening all at once. Of course his pre-school is only …
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Project 365-002: Let’s build a Fort
For Christmas Jacob got Crazy Forts, so today the two of use built his first fort. It was fun pulling the pieces out of the box, watching as he counted the purple ball connectors. Then we looked at the examples on the box and he picked the one he wanted to build. He had a …
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Jacob Skating December 2009
Last night after I posted the old video of Jacob skating I managed to finish up the new one. I hope to do more then just post video and pictures during my vacation but I’m not promising anything. So without further delay on to the video:
Another Look back: Jacob’s first Hockey Video
I had hoped to have a new hockey video to share with you but it’s not ready. So let’s look back at Jacob’s first Hockey video in anticipation of the new one I’m hoping to share soon. <object width=”400″ height=”300″><param name=”allowfullscreen” value=”true” /><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always” /><param name=”movie” value=”http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3533194&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″ /><embed src=”http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3533194&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” width=”400″ height=”300″></embed></object><p><a …
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