February 26, 2010
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The storm last night knocked out power for two hours. Not a real tragedy except it was from 9:30 to 11:30, so we missed the bulk of the women’s figure skating free skate. The wind was incredibly strong, knocking the … Continue reading
February 24, 2010
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It is axiomatic that as a three-year old, Siena’s perception of time and measure of time intervals will be different from ours (around 12 times her age at present). Two hours for her is as much of her life as … Continue reading
February 23, 2010
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It’s been a busy few days, and it’s especially hard to find the time and energy to write on the weekends, so to not fall behind too much, here is another picture of the girls horsing around in our living … Continue reading
February 21, 2010
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A big day for Siena today! After watching some of the men’s figure skating from Tuesday night (seriously taped delayed to Saturday), she wanted to go out skating for herself. So here she is! Getting ready: Out on the ice: … Continue reading
February 19, 2010
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No pictures or videos recently, so here are two videos of the kids from the past few days. First, a more recent version of Thalia rolling over. She’s so cheerful! Next, a medical documentary of Siena caring for her sick … Continue reading
February 18, 2010
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Until tonight I hadn’t read Cat in the Hat to Siena in a long time, probably six months. It was interesting to see how little of it she remembered. She used to be able to complete many of the sentences … Continue reading
February 17, 2010
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Today’s entirely infrequent daughter compare-and-contrast comes courtesy of my around-the-house tasklist, which until today included this item: Paint side window and trim in Thalia’s room – Multiple hours, need to do soon The comment “need to do soon” was added … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
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Today on the way to the doctor’s to get her H1N1 booster shot, Siena wanted to listen to No! by They Might Be Giants. We used to listen to this all the time. One of the songs, “Robot Parade,” has … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
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(Hopefully Mama won’t get too bummed out by this; it’s intended as humorous as is possible on this little sleep…) If Siena is up at some point during the night 2 out of every 3 nights, and that’s about how … Continue reading
February 12, 2010
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I’m looking forward to the time when my daughters clobber me at chess. I’ve never been very good at it. Even the most remedial difficulties settings on computer programs can clean my clock. For one, with my bad memory I’ve … Continue reading