This week was Jacob’s Christmas concert, it’s the first one that Melissa missed. The school did a Nativity play, with kids from different grades all having roles and the classes taking turns signing. It’s always fun to watch the littler kids sing there songs. One of the kindergarten classes did Little drummer boy and though …
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POD: Passed out Explorer
From Pictures of the Day 2012 This evening I tucked the kids into bed at the usual bed time around 8:30 pm, and I thought they had gone to sleep. It turns out that my boy had fallen asleep, but my daughter decided that she wasn’t ready for sleep. I’m not sure what inspired her …
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POD: Fishing Elf
From Pictures of the Day 2012 This morning when we got up we found our little Elf on the Shelf trying to catch our fish Rapunzel. It seems he fashioned a fishing rod with a stick some ribbon and a paper clip. The though of the elf eating our fish scared violet so much that …
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POD: Christmas Treat for Pre-School
From Pictures of the Day 2012 This evening Melissa made some Christmas Rice Crispy squares for Violet’s Pre-School. Tomorrow is her duty day and she’s the snack parent. So she felt the personal touch would be good for the little ones. I would like to say I helped, but all I did was hold the …
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POD: Family
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Tonight we had our Christmas dinner with some of our closest friends. There was 6 adults and 5 kids so it was a bit of a full house. It was a great day of food, family and friends. One thing Melissa and I often find after events our family …
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POD: Skating with my Boy
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today Melissa and Violet headed out for an evening with our friend Susanne, Violet’s God mother. That left me and Jacob to decided what we wanted to do, and after a some pizza at Nana and Papa’s we headed down to the Ice Path for an evening skate. It’s …
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POD: Hospital Bracelets
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Yesterday Violet had her surgery, and I used a collage of some of the day’s pictures for my picture of the day. Today I thought I’d take a different sort of look at the day. We have a picture of the two bracelets she wore throughout the day.
POD: Violet’s Surgery
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today Violet headed into the operating room to have her tonsils and adenoids removed. It was a long day with us arriving at the hospital around 6:30am and not leaving till after 6:30pm. Watching my little girl go off with the nurse was harder than I expected, then to …
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POD: Snack Time
From Pictures of the Day 2012 This afternoon it was just me and the kids and when they wanted a snack I put these plats together for them. It was a slow day for photo’s so I guess it’ll do as my picture of the day.
Fatherhood Friday: Saying goodbye to snores
Last night on my way to bed I stood and watched my little girl sleeping. As I watched her was two thoughts com into my mind, one she doesn’t look herself without her hair and to how precious she is to me. As I stood there I heard her little snores and was reminded about …
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