Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Just Plain Silly

Our little mutt, Clara, was filled with piss & vinegar this morning.

I learned from this video that Oscar has inherited my dorky choky laughter style. Poor kid. I would prefer that he has a better & more distinctive belly laugh than my throat based noises. Do we teach our kids how to sound during laughter [...]

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Pillow Fight

I got some good video of Laurel laughing today.

You may notice the faintest beeping noise in the background of this clip. That was my kitchen timer telling me that my refrigerator pie (aka quiche) crust was ready. I’ll share this recipe with you, it is one of our new favorites.
Refrigerator Pie
Prebake a store bought pie [...]

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Suggestions

Keeping a blog is a pretty self-indulgent thing to do. Whether or not the world really wants to read these little tidbits I’ve got on my mind, I get to post about them. So here it is, perhaps my most random post yet. The Full Catastrophe is my soap box to promote some simple ideas [...]

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This One’s For Greg

On the road to recovery, ignore the speed limit! Get well soon, Greg.

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First Word…Kinda

Brian gets the credit for teaching Laurel to say her first word. Well, maybe it isn’t exactly a word in the Oxford English Dictionary sense but we’re pretty excited about it anyway. She’s been saying “uh-oh” for a few days now. It just took me a bit longer to catch on video than I would’ve [...]

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Bleeding Heart

Oscar was troubled by something he learned at the zoo today. Inside the reptile house there is a display case with snakeskin boots, jackets, and other stuff. There is also a sign that warns people about how devastating these fashions are to many reptile species and reminds us not to purchase those products. Oscar is [...]

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Resting On Her Laurels

Laurel can now move from her belly to her bottom into a seated position. Of course, I have video…

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Happy Birthday, Poppy!

Have a great day, Pops - we love you!

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What The @#%$?

What the @#$% is Clara doing on the table? Who could ever know what goes on in her feeble little mind?
Hear that? Yea, that’s the sound of our friends turning down our future bbq invitations!

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Blog Reader Appreciation Day

I understand that today is Blog Reader Appreciation Day, so I wanted to shine a light on our most frequent commenter, my friend Carrie. Carrie is one of those special people that I grew up with who I’m still friends with today. She’s also a blogger and on her site, Whole Cloth Designs, she discusses [...]

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