Today was fathers day so I thought I’d use a picture of the two bundles of joy that make me a father for my Picture of the day. It was an interesting fathers day, with the unexpected inclusion of a sick mommy. So after a nice breakfast as a family I wanted to let Melissa …
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Project 365-167: Spooooon!
Today at breakfast Violet was being very grumpy and not letting me feed her. So I said fine do it yourself and handed her the spoon and watched what she’d do with it. She sure showed me. She went right at it and ate up her cereal using the spoon. She’s been feeding herself finger …
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Project 365-166: The Future is Now
Today I was out with the family and I got to see 2 different gadgets that I’ve wanted to see for a while. The first was the iPad, the second was the Kobo eReader. The iPad was what I expected a big iPod touch, and though I could see enjoying one I just can’t get …
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Project 365-165: Enjoying the Patio
Today we found the whole family around at dinnertime so I fired up the grill and threw on some turkey sausages. Melissa threw together some veggies and we ate on the patio. I captured this moment of mommy and daughter after Jacob had headed back to the playground to play with his friends.
Project 365-164: Meatballs anyone
Today after skating I took the kids out to Ikea to get some swedish meatballs. It seems a strange place to go for dinner, but it was Jacobs choice. Of course I have been meaning to look for a new desk, didn’t find one tbough. In the picture Jacob and Violet play after dinner before …
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Project 365-163: Temptation
When Violet was diagnosed with her allergy to all nuts I decided that the best way to be sure that she doesn’t come into contact with nuts would be to stop eating them myself. This would keep the it in mind when I’m around her. So far I’ve only been semi successful at this. I don’t take …
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Becoming a Gym Rat
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to write about the changes our family is going through, from diet to exercise and a lot of things in between, but it seems that I can never find the words. So today I set aside what I’ve written and started fresh. I’ve taken a step …
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Project 365-162: Taking a bike for a walk
Today while I BBQed dinner Violet pulled out Jacob’s Backyardigans bike and took it for a walk.
Jacobs 4th Birthday Party
Saturday we celebrated Jacobs birthday with friends and family. We held it at Nana and Papa’s in there backyard, till the rain started. Luckily for use it held out till we were just about ready to head in for Presents and Cake. The Bouncy house was a big hit with every one.
Project 365-162: Carpet Cleaning
Today we tackled some of the spring cleaning jobs we’d been putting off. Like cleaning our carpets. It was a lot of work but we got most of it done and It feels good knowing its done.