Don’t We All

Jonah is home! And he had plenty to tell us about his time with Grammie and Papa last week.
One of the first new things he discovered in the house was the 4th of July candy stash. After he ate the two pieces he was allowed to eat, he sat down to stare at the rest.
Me: [...]

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Fire, Still

The fires in Paradise are worse than they were last week. As of now, the midwives’ office is on the edge of the precautionary evacuation line, and the birth center and hospital are in the immediate evacuation zone.
So as of now, I have no place to deliver the baby, and a lot of people in [...]

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Egads!

Mommy! My belly button has a hole in it!

–Naiah, age 3

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Jonah’s First Catch

. . . and Papa’s finger

That’s one happy boy.

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THIS is a sport.

And I want tickets.
Chess Boxing

Next stop: UFC chess matches!

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Linux Babies

Anna (age 6) brought me a CD-ROM from her Taco Bell meal.
Anna: Mommy, can we play this on the computer?
Me: No, that CD only works on Windows. We have something else on our computer.
Anna: What’s Windows?
Me: (laughing)
Jason: You know, I didn’t want them to know about Windows til they were twelve or thirteen.
And Jason [...]

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Snowmobiles

Fun for all seasons!

Six to eight months of snow just aren’t enough for us, I guess. The snowmobile drag races were the highlight of Paul Bunyan Day, the biggest day of the year for our little logging town. Normally the logging competition would be the big event, [...]

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Parade!

We hit the next town over for the 4th of July parade and traffic craziness. And there was candy. Lots of candy. Who needs Halloween anymore?
Jonah is spending the holiday and all of next week with Grammie and Papa in Ojai, all by himself! So it was just the girls with us today. They enjoyed [...]

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Patriot

“Look, Daddy! I have an Italian flag on my shirt!”
– Naiah, age 3, in her stars and stripes

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