Read more about the article Happy New Year, School, Dentist, Giving Back, Day of Acceptance, and Turning 40
Happy New Year

Happy New Year, School, Dentist, Giving Back, Day of Acceptance, and Turning 40

  Happy New Year! This is probably going to be a pretty short post because there’s not much going on here. We all survived the holidays without any illnesses or trips to the hospital, and I think we’re back into our normal routine. I’m back at work; James is back…

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Read more about the article Ear Infection, School, and Christmas Cards
Christmas cards from students in Chicago

Ear Infection, School, and Christmas Cards

This will be the first of two posts this weekend. This one will be a regular post covering the past two weeks of James’ life. In the second one, which I will try post tomorrow, I’ll share pictures from an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime trip we took last weekend.   Ear Infection…

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Read more about the article Halloween, School, Illness and Epilepsy Awareness
Watching cartoons with my buddy

Halloween, School, Illness and Epilepsy Awareness

Halloween We had a bit of a mishap with our Halloween decorations. The Damn wind blew away the two Styrofoam headstones we had. I was able to capture one of them, but it was so beat up from hitting bushes and concrete that we decided not to put it back…

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Read more about the article Back to School, Turning 6, Aqua Therapy and First Carnival Ride
1st day of 1st grade

Back to School, Turning 6, Aqua Therapy and First Carnival Ride

Back to School I often hear that “kids grow up so fast.” You really don’t realize just how fast until you watch your own kid grow up. James went back to school last week as a 1st grader and we don’t think he was quite ready for that first day…

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Read more about the article Ready to Go Back to School, an Ear Infection, and a Couple of Gifts
Handmade Feel Better Friends doll

Ready to Go Back to School, an Ear Infection, and a Couple of Gifts

Ready to Go Back to School It’s been such a busy summer with getting the new pergola roof put on and then James’ bathroom renovation. It just flew right by and now James is getting ready to head back to school on Monday. First grade. Two years of preschool done.…

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Read more about the article Birthday Theme, Kindergarten Graduation, and a Possible Illness
Kindergarten graduation

Birthday Theme, Kindergarten Graduation, and a Possible Illness

Now that the pergola roofing project is done, I am going to try to get back on track and get back to posting every two weeks. I can’t make any promises, though, because sometimes life happens. We do have something coming up that might prevent me from sticking to the…

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