This is being posted way late.
On Halloween, we went out trick-or-treating.
We made some modifications to Johann's robot costume to shorten it up. Unfortunately, when he was trying to get up a step it was obvious that we had not done enough. I wound up cutting slits up the front to allow the cardboard to bend with his legs. This made him happier in his costume.
We completely abandoned the robot helmet in favor of a stocking cap with some lights attached by Velcro. It wasn't as cool as the robot head but it was more functional.
Even still, I don't think Johann really liked being in the costume. His mobility was hindered, the hard sleeves made it so he couldn't touch his hands together and it made it really hard to carry him from house to house.
But we went out. Arial's mom was visiting and she was nice enough to hand out candy while we went out (that way no one had cause to egg our house).
Trick or treating was a lot of fun (when the people with lights on where home). A lot of the houses we went to had stairs to climb to get to the door. That was hard for both Johann and Frances because of their costumes (Frances had a long dress-like thing that she was afraid to trip on). Some of the nicer people sat at the bottom of the stairs giving out candy.
After about 40 minutes, Johann grew tired and asked to go home. Arial took him, while Frances and I stayed out for a bit longer. Frances was a trooper but there was this one house that had spooky music and skulls on the stairs. We started up the stairs and she became to scared and wanted to leave. I thought that was fine. It was actually pretty spooky.
The next house they just had one of those bowls with a motion sensitive hand that "grabs" at you. Frances didn't want to get the candy because she was still spooked. I encouraged her to get some and she did. I thought she was very brave.
After that we went home and the kids had fun eating candy.
While we were out, I saw a happy little kid about Johann's age dressed as a cowboy. That meant a cowboy hat and a neckerchief. There's a lesson in that.
mwz
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Halloween 1
This is being posted extremely late. Sorry.
The Sunday before Halloween we went to a Halloween carnival at the local rec center. Frances went as a butterfly and Johann was a robot. Arial made a pretty skirt thing for the torso of Frances' costume. With wings and antennae, she looked very cute.
I had a hand in Johann's costume. We spray painted some boxes silver and then I hot-glued on various electronic components. It looked pretty cool although there were some issues. His mobility was hindered because the torso was a little too long. Even more worrisome was that the helmet was relatively heavy and we had a tough time keeping it on his head (it was a box that was way bigger than his head, it fit more like a space helmet than a hat). We wound up using little sticky Velcro tabs to attach it to the torso.
Before the carnival, there is a "parade" where the kids walk to the carnival. We thought that would be fun. What we didn't think of was the wind.
We parked at the start of the parade (about a quarter mile from the rec center) and got the kids into their costumes. People seemed to like Johann's costume even though he could barely walk. The parade started (going in the opposite direction as the rec center). Johann and I quickly fell behind but soon Arial and Frances came back to us and declared it too windy to do a parade.
Arial suggested we take the kids out of their costumes and drive to the rec center. I stupidly said that we should just walk. It didn't seem that far but what I didn't count on was the wind.
Like I mentioned before, Johann couldn't walk very fast and the wind was quite cold. I needed to pick Johann up and carry him but there was really no place to grab him with his costume in the way.
I gave the helmet to Arial and the fan on the back promptly broke off (a sign of things to come). Then, I scooped Johann up and lay him across my arms. That began a long, cold, tiring journey to the rec center.
I had given him my stocking cap since he didn't have his helmet to keep warm. It managed to blow off his head. Arial had to come back and get it. From then on Johann was concerned that the wind would blow off his hat.
We finally got to the rec center. Some of the electronics were coming off but nothing too bad. However one of the shoulder straps was broken and the glue on the Velcro sticky tabs pulled off. I think that caused by a combination of the cold affecting the glue and spray-paint separating from the cardboard.
After finally getting in and giving up on the helmet (which didn't have anything holding it on his head since the Velcro fell off) we went into the carnival.
They had a bunch of stations where the kids would do something like "pin the nose on the felt jack-o-lantern" and then get a small prize. Both kids had fun with that although Johann seemed a bit bewildered when some stranger put a blindfold on him and spun him around.
They both enjoyed the ball throwing events while the "fishing" (put a string over a divider and someone clips candy to it) is always a bit strange.
Eventually, Johann became really tired and tired of having his mobility hampered. So, we took him out of his costume. I took it back to the car and the wind threatened to tear it apart even more. Stupid wind.
Arial and I didn't really have that great of a time because we were kicking ourselves for trying to do the parade. But I think the kids had fun (or at least an experience), so I guess it was worth it.
We needed to make major costume modifications before trick or treating.
mwz
The Sunday before Halloween we went to a Halloween carnival at the local rec center. Frances went as a butterfly and Johann was a robot. Arial made a pretty skirt thing for the torso of Frances' costume. With wings and antennae, she looked very cute.
I had a hand in Johann's costume. We spray painted some boxes silver and then I hot-glued on various electronic components. It looked pretty cool although there were some issues. His mobility was hindered because the torso was a little too long. Even more worrisome was that the helmet was relatively heavy and we had a tough time keeping it on his head (it was a box that was way bigger than his head, it fit more like a space helmet than a hat). We wound up using little sticky Velcro tabs to attach it to the torso.
Before the carnival, there is a "parade" where the kids walk to the carnival. We thought that would be fun. What we didn't think of was the wind.
We parked at the start of the parade (about a quarter mile from the rec center) and got the kids into their costumes. People seemed to like Johann's costume even though he could barely walk. The parade started (going in the opposite direction as the rec center). Johann and I quickly fell behind but soon Arial and Frances came back to us and declared it too windy to do a parade.
Arial suggested we take the kids out of their costumes and drive to the rec center. I stupidly said that we should just walk. It didn't seem that far but what I didn't count on was the wind.
Like I mentioned before, Johann couldn't walk very fast and the wind was quite cold. I needed to pick Johann up and carry him but there was really no place to grab him with his costume in the way.
I gave the helmet to Arial and the fan on the back promptly broke off (a sign of things to come). Then, I scooped Johann up and lay him across my arms. That began a long, cold, tiring journey to the rec center.
I had given him my stocking cap since he didn't have his helmet to keep warm. It managed to blow off his head. Arial had to come back and get it. From then on Johann was concerned that the wind would blow off his hat.
We finally got to the rec center. Some of the electronics were coming off but nothing too bad. However one of the shoulder straps was broken and the glue on the Velcro sticky tabs pulled off. I think that caused by a combination of the cold affecting the glue and spray-paint separating from the cardboard.
After finally getting in and giving up on the helmet (which didn't have anything holding it on his head since the Velcro fell off) we went into the carnival.
They had a bunch of stations where the kids would do something like "pin the nose on the felt jack-o-lantern" and then get a small prize. Both kids had fun with that although Johann seemed a bit bewildered when some stranger put a blindfold on him and spun him around.
They both enjoyed the ball throwing events while the "fishing" (put a string over a divider and someone clips candy to it) is always a bit strange.
Eventually, Johann became really tired and tired of having his mobility hampered. So, we took him out of his costume. I took it back to the car and the wind threatened to tear it apart even more. Stupid wind.
Arial and I didn't really have that great of a time because we were kicking ourselves for trying to do the parade. But I think the kids had fun (or at least an experience), so I guess it was worth it.
We needed to make major costume modifications before trick or treating.
mwz
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Teddy Bear
The other day, Johann was playing with my old teddy bear. I told him how that was my teddy bear when I was a kid. He went and found his bear and told me "This is a daddy bear and this is a baby bear".
Then, at bed time, we had to go looking for the bears. Johann had been playing with them together, so that's how we found them. On the way back to his room, Johann went into our room and put my teddy bear on the bed, presumably so that I could have it when I went to sleep.
I thought that was very considerate.
mwz
Then, at bed time, we had to go looking for the bears. Johann had been playing with them together, so that's how we found them. On the way back to his room, Johann went into our room and put my teddy bear on the bed, presumably so that I could have it when I went to sleep.
I thought that was very considerate.
mwz
Monday, October 27, 2008
Checkers
The other day, I taught Frances how to play checkers. She picked up on the rules quickly. Even though she is still getting the hang of the strategy, still she periodically surprises me with a really good move.
We have been playing every now and then. We've started handicapping the game by starting me with fewer pieces. Frances is fairly competitive that way as long as I tell her when pieces are in jeopardy of being jumped.
Frances really likes to get kings or princesses as she calls them. It's an exciting event when she gets one. The second game we played, she looked sad said, "I didn't get any kings" (she hadn't started calling them princesses yet). So, the next game I made sure she got at least one king. It makes her happy. Now that we are handicapping though, she can get her own princesses.
The only downside to the games are that Frances has the attention span of a four year old. I have to keep her on task the whole time.
On the whole, it is a lot of fun to play with her. I just feel a little bad
because Johann wants to play too but he is to young yet.
mwz
We have been playing every now and then. We've started handicapping the game by starting me with fewer pieces. Frances is fairly competitive that way as long as I tell her when pieces are in jeopardy of being jumped.
Frances really likes to get kings or princesses as she calls them. It's an exciting event when she gets one. The second game we played, she looked sad said, "I didn't get any kings" (she hadn't started calling them princesses yet). So, the next game I made sure she got at least one king. It makes her happy. Now that we are handicapping though, she can get her own princesses.
The only downside to the games are that Frances has the attention span of a four year old. I have to keep her on task the whole time.
On the whole, it is a lot of fun to play with her. I just feel a little bad
because Johann wants to play too but he is to young yet.
mwz
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Soccer
Francis has been playing soccer again this fall. The last few games she has been playing really well. She runs all over the place and has had several drives with the ball. I've been so proud.
Finally, this week Francis scored a goal after being so close several times. She has had instances where a teammate has kicked the ball in after she dribbled it all the way to the goal and then last week she drove it down and then a girl from the other team kicked it in.
But this week she stole an inbound kick and took it right to the goal. She hesitated a bit in front of the goal but there was no one near by so she kicked it in.
During this whole thing, Johann plays on the sidelines. Either Arial or I will kick a ball around with him for some of time but he usually watches some of the game. He is very good about the whole thing (until the team gets snacks and he doesn't but Francis usually shares something with him).
All in all, soccer has been fun. The next thing she is signed up for is tennis. :)
mwz
Finally, this week Francis scored a goal after being so close several times. She has had instances where a teammate has kicked the ball in after she dribbled it all the way to the goal and then last week she drove it down and then a girl from the other team kicked it in.
But this week she stole an inbound kick and took it right to the goal. She hesitated a bit in front of the goal but there was no one near by so she kicked it in.
During this whole thing, Johann plays on the sidelines. Either Arial or I will kick a ball around with him for some of time but he usually watches some of the game. He is very good about the whole thing (until the team gets snacks and he doesn't but Francis usually shares something with him).
All in all, soccer has been fun. The next thing she is signed up for is tennis. :)
mwz
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Frances Sings
I've written a few posts in a row about Johann and I don't want Frances to be left out. She is still doing interesting things but since she is older now, her interesting things are more like thing adults do, like putting on her own shoes. So I never feel like writing about it. Sorry Frances of the future.
One thing Frances has started doing which I am fond of is making up songs. Like today, she told me that she knew a song about pirates and proceeded to sing a song about getting a boat and getting in the car (which we were doing at the time). She just makes up the words on the fly. In fact they sound a lot like the stories that she tells sometimes. They don't rhyme but she is getting better a setting the meter.
We've also started learning German. I took German in college and have a general fondness of the language (I find it a comforting language just like everyone else). So we are listening to a phrase a day podcast and learning bits and pieces. Today we learned danke and bitte.
mwz
One thing Frances has started doing which I am fond of is making up songs. Like today, she told me that she knew a song about pirates and proceeded to sing a song about getting a boat and getting in the car (which we were doing at the time). She just makes up the words on the fly. In fact they sound a lot like the stories that she tells sometimes. They don't rhyme but she is getting better a setting the meter.
We've also started learning German. I took German in college and have a general fondness of the language (I find it a comforting language just like everyone else). So we are listening to a phrase a day podcast and learning bits and pieces. Today we learned danke and bitte.
mwz
Sunday, March 02, 2008
ABCD
A couple weeks ago (you'll notice it takes me awhile to write these) Johann brought me the They Might Be Giants album "Here Come the ABCs". As he handed it to me, he said "ABCD". I was pleased that he had recognized the CD cover.
Later though, when he found some other CDs he said "ABCD". This made us realize that he really meant CD.
When you say "Not 'ABCD', it's 'A CD'", you begin to understand why he thinks that's the correct word.
Now whenever we go to the game store or he sees DVDs or CDs, he says "ABCD".
It's really cute, so we don't press him to stop.
mwz
Later though, when he found some other CDs he said "ABCD". This made us realize that he really meant CD.
When you say "Not 'ABCD', it's 'A CD'", you begin to understand why he thinks that's the correct word.
Now whenever we go to the game store or he sees DVDs or CDs, he says "ABCD".
It's really cute, so we don't press him to stop.
mwz
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Hold Me
A couple weeks ago, Johann looked up at me and said "holdjou" (rhymes with Bijou). It took me a bit to figure out that he was saying "hold you".
I looked at him and tried to understand why he wanted to hold me when it dawned on me what he meant.
I said, "you want me to holdjou?" and he replied, "yep, holdjou". So I picked him up and everyone was happy.
mwz
I looked at him and tried to understand why he wanted to hold me when it dawned on me what he meant.
I said, "you want me to holdjou?" and he replied, "yep, holdjou". So I picked him up and everyone was happy.
mwz
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Nominee
I started this blog as a place to write my thoughts on politics. Then it got taken over by my desire to chronicle my kid's lives. But something has been niggling at my brain for a few days and I thought I would get it out there.
For a long time, I've been saying that I could never vote for John McCain. Mostly this was due to his support for the McCain-Feingold assault on free speech (but I don't really mind his being a "Maverick" since I believe in principles over party, it's just that his principles don't line up with mine... at all). For most of that time it was pretty much academic because he was languishing nicely on the bottom of the Republican pile.
Unfortunately, he seems poised to get the nomination (unless the remainder of the Republican voters show some sense). This has gotten me thinking about who I vote for in case of a McCain nomination.
Even though how I vote doesn't impact the outcome much but it important to me, personally. I have to vote my concise. The way I see it, I have three options:
1. Vote for McCain anyway. It's a long time until the election. The Democratic nominee could suggest something so heinous that I have to vote against them. This is pretty much why I voted Bush the second time round (because Kerry was/is that bad). I really don't think this is an option. The only good thing that came out of having a liberal with a Republican affiliation in the white house was his supreme court nominations. Another "Republican" liberal isn't going to be any better. It is just demoralizing to conservatives.
2. Vote third party or abstain. Ideally a good third party candidate comes out (ie not Bloomberg). This would give me something to do with my vote. The only down side to this is that I feel like I would be shirking my responsibilities to help decide the election. I really shouldn't just take a pass.
3. Vote for the Democrat. Sadly, this is actually an option, especially if/when the Democrat nominee starts to tack right during the general election (as to not scare independents). Taking this option feels more like owning up to the situation.
What I finally do depends largely on who the Democratic nominee is. If it is Mrs. Clinton, I probably go option 2 (third party or no vote) because I don't really want to contribute to any perceived "mandates".
If Mr. Obama takes the nomination, I could potentially vote for him. Even though he is a big liberal (and when I saw him talk he said something like "I know Iowan's are fiercely independent but you expect a good job and a college education and blah blah" without noticing the cognitive dissonance involved in being "fiercely independent and yet needing the government to help with every facet of your life), I don't think he has the experience to allow him to do much damage. Basically, I think he will be ineffectual.
It should definitely be an interesting moral quandary. Maybe I'll get lucky and Romney will solve this problem for me.
mwz
For a long time, I've been saying that I could never vote for John McCain. Mostly this was due to his support for the McCain-Feingold assault on free speech (but I don't really mind his being a "Maverick" since I believe in principles over party, it's just that his principles don't line up with mine... at all). For most of that time it was pretty much academic because he was languishing nicely on the bottom of the Republican pile.
Unfortunately, he seems poised to get the nomination (unless the remainder of the Republican voters show some sense). This has gotten me thinking about who I vote for in case of a McCain nomination.
Even though how I vote doesn't impact the outcome much but it important to me, personally. I have to vote my concise. The way I see it, I have three options:
1. Vote for McCain anyway. It's a long time until the election. The Democratic nominee could suggest something so heinous that I have to vote against them. This is pretty much why I voted Bush the second time round (because Kerry was/is that bad). I really don't think this is an option. The only good thing that came out of having a liberal with a Republican affiliation in the white house was his supreme court nominations. Another "Republican" liberal isn't going to be any better. It is just demoralizing to conservatives.
2. Vote third party or abstain. Ideally a good third party candidate comes out (ie not Bloomberg). This would give me something to do with my vote. The only down side to this is that I feel like I would be shirking my responsibilities to help decide the election. I really shouldn't just take a pass.
3. Vote for the Democrat. Sadly, this is actually an option, especially if/when the Democrat nominee starts to tack right during the general election (as to not scare independents). Taking this option feels more like owning up to the situation.
What I finally do depends largely on who the Democratic nominee is. If it is Mrs. Clinton, I probably go option 2 (third party or no vote) because I don't really want to contribute to any perceived "mandates".
If Mr. Obama takes the nomination, I could potentially vote for him. Even though he is a big liberal (and when I saw him talk he said something like "I know Iowan's are fiercely independent but you expect a good job and a college education and blah blah" without noticing the cognitive dissonance involved in being "fiercely independent and yet needing the government to help with every facet of your life), I don't think he has the experience to allow him to do much damage. Basically, I think he will be ineffectual.
It should definitely be an interesting moral quandary. Maybe I'll get lucky and Romney will solve this problem for me.
mwz
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Fracture Update
It's been a week since Johann fell down the stairs and fractured his leg.
All week we've been making sure that he didn't walk on it. It was surprisingly easy and, as Arial pointed out, showed that he must have been in a lot of pain if it made him avoid walking. He did get around pretty well by crawling or walking on his knees.
It took a little bit of convincing to get him back on his feet because he had gotten used to not standing but now he is back to using walking as his preferred mode of transport.
He is still afraid of the stairs (which is fine with us for the time being) and periodically points at the stairs and says "Fell down stairs. Hurt leg." Hopefully, he hasn't been psychologically scarred for life. I'm guessing that he will be fine though.
Now, we just have to keep him from climbing and jumping on things for another week while Johann's leg strengthens. That is not going to be easy.
mwz
All week we've been making sure that he didn't walk on it. It was surprisingly easy and, as Arial pointed out, showed that he must have been in a lot of pain if it made him avoid walking. He did get around pretty well by crawling or walking on his knees.
It took a little bit of convincing to get him back on his feet because he had gotten used to not standing but now he is back to using walking as his preferred mode of transport.
He is still afraid of the stairs (which is fine with us for the time being) and periodically points at the stairs and says "Fell down stairs. Hurt leg." Hopefully, he hasn't been psychologically scarred for life. I'm guessing that he will be fine though.
Now, we just have to keep him from climbing and jumping on things for another week while Johann's leg strengthens. That is not going to be easy.
mwz
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Fracture
On Monday evening, both kids were hanging out with me in the office as I talked to Mrk on the phone. Johann left to play in the play room. I didn't think anything of it because he has free reign over the house. Arial was up stairs so there was someone up there in case he decided to go up.
Frances was sitting on my lap when I heard the "thump...thump..thuMP.THUMP" of Johann falling down the stairs. Sadly, I recognize the sound as he has fallen down before.
I hung up and raced out to him and he was lying on the landing just starting to cry. After giving him a look over to make sure that picking him up wouldn't hurt him, I picked him up and held him while Arial came down.
After questioning him (which is more of an art than a science) we think that he was at the top of the stairs and a cat ran by him, knocking him off his balance. He kept saying "Up stairs, fall down" but he responded when Arial asked if a kitty ran by him.
Arial held him for a while (because there is no substitute for Mommy). After doing a lay-persons exam for broken bones, I figured I should call Mrk back (since I had left kind of abruptly).
Shortly after calling him, Arial brought Johann up and told me that he was limping. She showed me and sure enough he didn't want to put any weight on his right leg.
We were convinced that he hurt his knee because he kept saying "knee hurt". That resonated with me because I have been having knee problems lately. We decided that he should go to the emergency room.
I took him while Arial stayed back to put Frances to bed.
At the hospital, Johann was very good. He learned that fish take a bath all day long (which he repeated periodically for the rest of the night. He was pretty tired (it was kinda late) so he didn't fuss much. He lay extremely still for the X-rays.
After examining him the resident told me that it wasn't his knee (I was quite relieved) and the X-rays proved him correct. The senior doctor explained that it was a "toddler's fracture". Apparently, it's not all that uncommon for a twisting fracture to occur when tumbling down the stairs.
The X-rays showed a small crack on one side of his shin bone.
The doctor suggested that he didn't need a cast since it was a "stable fracture". But Johann, won't be able to walk on it for a week and shouldn't jump or go down slides for 2 weeks.
Now, Johann is getting frustrated with not being able to walk but the pain keeps him from doing it (I guess that's what it's there for). It just so sad to see him try to stand. We try to stop him when ever he tries.
He has gotten pretty good at walking on his knees and standing without putting weight on it. But you can tell that he wants to be walking and running again.
So now we are taking turns (Arial's turns are longer than mine) holding him or playing with him on the floor. It's going to be a long couple weeks but it should heal with no lasting effects. Hopefully, Johann isn't now afraid of the stairs.
mwz
Frances was sitting on my lap when I heard the "thump...thump..thuMP.THUMP" of Johann falling down the stairs. Sadly, I recognize the sound as he has fallen down before.
I hung up and raced out to him and he was lying on the landing just starting to cry. After giving him a look over to make sure that picking him up wouldn't hurt him, I picked him up and held him while Arial came down.
After questioning him (which is more of an art than a science) we think that he was at the top of the stairs and a cat ran by him, knocking him off his balance. He kept saying "Up stairs, fall down" but he responded when Arial asked if a kitty ran by him.
Arial held him for a while (because there is no substitute for Mommy). After doing a lay-persons exam for broken bones, I figured I should call Mrk back (since I had left kind of abruptly).
Shortly after calling him, Arial brought Johann up and told me that he was limping. She showed me and sure enough he didn't want to put any weight on his right leg.
We were convinced that he hurt his knee because he kept saying "knee hurt". That resonated with me because I have been having knee problems lately. We decided that he should go to the emergency room.
I took him while Arial stayed back to put Frances to bed.
At the hospital, Johann was very good. He learned that fish take a bath all day long (which he repeated periodically for the rest of the night. He was pretty tired (it was kinda late) so he didn't fuss much. He lay extremely still for the X-rays.
After examining him the resident told me that it wasn't his knee (I was quite relieved) and the X-rays proved him correct. The senior doctor explained that it was a "toddler's fracture". Apparently, it's not all that uncommon for a twisting fracture to occur when tumbling down the stairs.
The X-rays showed a small crack on one side of his shin bone.
The doctor suggested that he didn't need a cast since it was a "stable fracture". But Johann, won't be able to walk on it for a week and shouldn't jump or go down slides for 2 weeks.
Now, Johann is getting frustrated with not being able to walk but the pain keeps him from doing it (I guess that's what it's there for). It just so sad to see him try to stand. We try to stop him when ever he tries.
He has gotten pretty good at walking on his knees and standing without putting weight on it. But you can tell that he wants to be walking and running again.
So now we are taking turns (Arial's turns are longer than mine) holding him or playing with him on the floor. It's going to be a long couple weeks but it should heal with no lasting effects. Hopefully, Johann isn't now afraid of the stairs.
mwz
Friday, January 18, 2008
Mom and Dad
Frances has stopped calling us Mommy and Daddy. She now refers to us as Mom and Dad. She just abruptly changed. It makes me a little sad because I'm guessing that some other kid probably told her that calling us Mommy and Daddy was babyish.
It's very strange though. I didn't really have a problem with calling Arial Mommy when the kids were around because I don't remember calling my own mom that. But I call my mom "Mom". It's going to take some getting used to.
mwz
It's very strange though. I didn't really have a problem with calling Arial Mommy when the kids were around because I don't remember calling my own mom that. But I call my mom "Mom". It's going to take some getting used to.
mwz
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
111
Tonight, Frances and I were playing catch with a plush football. We counted the number of times we each caught the ball.
The first try, we caught 5 in a row before Frances dropped a pass. Then I thought she had lost interest because we couldn't get past 3 for a little while.
Then we caught 49 in a row. We would have kept going but I tossed the ball off center and it bounced off her shoulder.
The next try we caught 111 passes in a row. I was quite proud that Frances both kept catching passes and didn't get tired of the game .
Proud enough to post this.
mwz
The first try, we caught 5 in a row before Frances dropped a pass. Then I thought she had lost interest because we couldn't get past 3 for a little while.
Then we caught 49 in a row. We would have kept going but I tossed the ball off center and it bounced off her shoulder.
The next try we caught 111 passes in a row. I was quite proud that Frances both kept catching passes and didn't get tired of the game .
Proud enough to post this.
mwz
Tookie
When Johann wants a cookie, he says "Tookie" or "Want tookie". It's so cute that we usually give him one.
Fortunately, he doesn't ask for tookies very often.
mwz
Fortunately, he doesn't ask for tookies very often.
mwz
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