Monthly Archives: September 2013

Elias the 3 Year Old

Elias is 3 years old today. I can hardly believe it. Three just sounds so big. Where has the time gone? Nathan and I were realizing at dinner tonight that we have been parents for more than 10%  of our … Continue reading

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Letter of the Week: A Toddler’s Alphabet Study (Oo)

We’ve been talking a lot about the letter Oo the past week or two around here. Elias gets a bit confused on the letters which have more than one sound, so this was a tough one. To him, O says … Continue reading

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Simon’s Solid Food Adventures

We started Simon on solid foods a couple days after he turned six months old. Let’s just say the reception was luke warm. Tonight we decided to try something a little different…quinoa! Nathan or I had never had it either … Continue reading

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Simon – 7 Months

Simon is seven months old now, and he’s changing so fast. He now can do a real crawl rather than an army crawl. He’s pretty slow at it, but it is definitely more comfortable than the army crawl so he … Continue reading

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Sunday School!

Today was Elias’ first day of Sunday School! He has participated in the church Christmas pageant, and a few inter-generational activities with the church school in the last year or so, but today he actually got to go to his … Continue reading

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Letter of the Week: A Toddler’s Alphabet Study (Nn)

It’s been more like Nn month than Nn week here. We’ve been out of town, and had family visiting. Things are starting to settle down around here, though, so we’ll be able to get back into our alphabet study routine … Continue reading

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Indiana: Part IV – Baseball

We just so happened to schedule our trip to Indiana and Ohio when the Dodgers were playing a series against the Reds in Cincinnati. So we had to catch a couple games! Nathan and his Dad have been to a … Continue reading

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Indiana: Part III – Helicopters

Our third Indiana adventure actually took place in Ohio. Thursday we packed the boys up and drove to Chillicothe, Ohio, where my brother now works. Uncle Greg just started as a life flight pilot for Air Evac a few months … Continue reading

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Indiana: Part II – Family Time

The second phase of our trip to Indiana was full of family time. Nathan has a lot of family over there. On Labor Day we all gathered at Uncle Dave and Aunt Barb’s house for a big barbeque. One of … Continue reading

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Indiana: Part I – Indianapolis

We recently returned from another great Indiana adventure. We have so much family in the mid-west now. Our trip was almost too busy. We definitely ran the boys ragged. Simon is still a bit sick, and Elias was more tired … Continue reading

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