What we have been doing

Christmas Eve---dinner by candlelight (Italian gnocchi soup with spinach and fresh parmesan cheeseBread

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A voice speaking from the dust

Ky has decided in the last couple of weeks that he wants to start talking about everything. He points

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Snowy

(You can see the ruler--I think it was 24 inches--is sticking all the way into the snow here) We had

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Just wondering . . .

Does the addition of a small rhyming verse to a Christmas gift enhance the gift's value, in your eyes?a.

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Gifted, part II

"This Christmas, I was gifted a lovely sweater.""I gifted these chocolates to my neighbors.""Keep it

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A Happy Baby vs. A Sad Baby

(round sucking mouth with rasping teeth)Sometimes people ask about Malachi, "Is he always this happy?"

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Now I am six, so I'm clever as clever

Today when I walked Abe into his class, his teacher said to me, "Oh good, I wanted to talk to you---one

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Vacation

Abe has croup, so he stayed home from school today and yesterday.Today I told the boys we could go

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Bells

The editor of the newspaper I write for wanted all the writers to share a Christmas memory for the

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Grandkid Program

Here are a few pictures from our big family Christmas program last night: Abey and Sebby singing "It

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Malachi by the numbers

1 year as a live, independent person1 spoken word ("cheese!")1 step taken unassisted2 fingers for sucking

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Cake: the heartwrenching story of one piece's fate

Malachi wasn't feeling well for his birthday dinner last night. He cried nearly all the way through

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The Spectator

There are certain things that are hard to sit by and watch. You know what I mean: someone untying a

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A dentist for all seasons

I don't really have a fear of going to the dentist or anything. I like getting my teeth cleaned and

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They're . . . daaancing

Sam and I have been taking a Ballroom Dance class through "Community Ed." the last several months---we

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Santa Baby

It's that time of year again when Baby Santa appears.[At a church activity last week, we were supposed

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Great and original gift ideas under $10!!

Ha! Just a little joke. I don't have any such ideas. If I did, don't you think I'd already have

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One eternal square

We decorated for Christmas this week, and it's been fun trying to fit all our old things into our new

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