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Posts from January 2009

My Tuesday off

We were lucky to have a “snow” day on Tuesday, there was about three inches of snow. Wow. I turned on CNN at about 6 in the morning and turned off PBS at about 10pm. Overload. The day was not lost on Violet, she knew, kind of, what was going on. [...]


Mason’s (2nd) Second Birthday Party

I know we’ve been celebrating Mason’s birthday for (what seems like) weeks. He had his last birthday party tonight with just the family. It was a nice, quiet affair with cupcakes and a couple presents. That boy loves to blow out his birthday candles.

He got a Fisher Price Cash Register and some [...]


He’s TWO!

Did you think that the cutest boy in the world could get any cuter?  Happy Birthday, our “little guy!”


Violet’s Playlist

Driving in the car today got me thinking about the music Violet and Mason listen to. They’ve got good taste, probably because of their parents. Here are Violet’s favorite songs of the year:
1.  Hiroshima by Ben Folds
2.  Old Dan Tucker by Bruce Springsteen (made popular to her by the Wiggles)
3.  Down to Earth [...]


Trip to Cleveland (Day 3)

Friday, Colleen and I got a date night, and what a nice night it was.
We saw Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. It was the best movie we saw in the theaters this year (it was the only movie we remember seeing in the theaters, thank you Violet and Mason). Sean Penn was great.
Then, [...]


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