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February 24, 2009

Yum, yum, beans

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Linus really enjoyed his and half of my lunch today.

Posted by Amy at 1:45 PM

February 23, 2009

Teeth

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Linus rarely goes to the changing table easily which often requires a variety of creative distraction techniques to be used. If successful we get lots of cuteness.

Posted by Amy at 6:21 PM

February 22, 2009

Yea! Daddy's back!

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Matthew was away for five days and was warmly welcomed home.

Posted by Amy at 6:42 PM

February 21, 2009

Sharing

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Posted by Amy at 1:24 PM

Dani's visit

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Cousin Danielle was in Chicago for a few days to show us how big she has grown.

Posted by Amy at 1:24 PM

February 19, 2009

Bundled up

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To survive the walk to ballet and other places around the neighborhood we have to really get ourselves bundled up against the cold. This extra padding cuts back on the quantity of tears and wails when we have balance challenged days.

Posted by Amy at 5:15 PM

Pensive

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Linus and I went to a nearby playroom at the University while the girls were dancing their souls out at ballet.

Posted by Amy at 4:34 PM

February 16, 2009

"Sick"

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Most days Linus goes along happily with much of the girls play. Today they decided that Linus was sick so made a tall bed from various pieces of furniture and also the pile of bedding left from recent guests. Sliding down from the bed every few minutes and having to remake it over and over again quickly cured this patient and his nurses of this game.

Posted by Amy at 1:07 PM

February 10, 2009

Texts from my daughters

Riding home from dinner last night in Grandma and Grandpa's van, Zofie and Maeta asked Amy to send me text messages as we rode. A selection:

Stop reading your email -Z
Stop going to sleep -Z
Daddy, Please stop snoring -M
Stop turning your hat on and off -Z
Daddy you are a stop sign -M
Stop being a dude -Z
U R a cloud and I am the serious tower - M
Stop being a balloon -Z
I am a mermaid & u r the sea -M
Why do u clip your toenails -Z
U R the snake and I am the tongue of the snake -M
Hello lightpost -Z
Why do u like to be a bow & arrow -M
Why r u an acrobat -Z
Why r u an elephant -M
Aggle aggle flaggle keblabble -Z

Of course the were cracking themselves up the whole time as they dictated these to Amy.

Posted by Matthew at 11:20 AM

February 3, 2009

Paper Dolls

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There is a massive amount of paper that gets scissored, glued, taped (with both masking and scotch), and drawn upon in this house. Daily it all threatens to bury us. However, some of the creations that the girls come up with make it bearable. One day they were very involved in making these paper dolls. Each one has several layers of clothes and accessories. Maeta came by after the photo was taken to reposition the lower green girl's dress over her exposed bra. Oops!

Posted by Amy at 8:49 PM