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Updated website to allow easy login

dylan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:46:09 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that I updated the website to allow you to sign into the site using various other systems that you may already be signup for.

You can use your facebook, twitter, google, blogger or a couple other ids into the website to leave comments.

You don’t have to create a separate account on this website anymore.

Just click the log in on the left hand menu and you will get a login screen like this.

Shoot me a note or give me a call sometime if you are having any issues signing in.

Bailey’s Birthday Party

dylan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:49:33 +0000

Today we went to Bailey 5th birthday party at the Huntington Skating Rink. Bailey is the son of Whitney, who I work with and April has played with her for softball.

I was really sure how Ean would take it as he tends to shy away from new things, however we have been trying to pump him up for it. It went rather well. Ean took to his skates immediately and we even tried a pair on Ella. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a pair on April.

All in all it was a great party with one exception. One of the ladies dressed up in a Birthday roo costume. Ean had the fear in his eyes, but as long as stayed across the rink from here he was alright. Ella, on the other hand, loved the costumed lady and went right up to her to get her picture taken.

Thanks Whitney and Bailey for the invitation!

**Sorry for some of blurry pics. Moving kids and dark lights don’t make great pictures.**

Ella’s first haircut

dylan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:55:21 +0000

It’s been two years since Ella was born and a pair of scissors has not touched her head. That is until today. Today was her first haircut. It was not a walk in the park. She wanted to fight the fight and not get her haircut. Once she got a paper and could write on it, she settled down for a bit and allowed Tosha to finish up.

She looks so cute with her bangs.

Valentines Day Party

dylan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:41:56 +0000

I know that I’m several weeks late, but April attended Ean’s preschool party for Valentines day. The kids had a blast playing games and eating cupcakes and cookies. They played with a parachute and silly races. Great fun by all!

Here is some pictures and a couple of video clips to show for you.

From Valentines Day

Pizza Day Field Trip

dylan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:19:34 +0000

Back in January, Ean’s preschool went to East of Chicago and made their own personal pan pizzas. The kids absolutely loved getting their hands dirty and decorating their own pizzas with sausage, pepperoni, and cheese.

Check out the pictures below for Ean and his friends.

From Pizza Field Trip

New Beds for the Kids

dylan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:07:30 +0000

Now that Ella turned two, it was time to move her from the crib and crib matress into a big girl bed.

While we were discussing Ella’s bed, we wanted to move Ean out of his race car bed and into just the matress. This would free up alot of space in his room for the massive amounts of toys he owns.

Both changes took effect today and both kids are excited about the changes. Now, I hope that they will both stay in them tonight.

Videos from Ella’s Birthday Party

dylan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:18:38 +0000

We are winding down from Ella’s birthday party. Ella is down for her nap and we are in the processing of cleaning up.

Ella did better than expected after a shakey start with no nap. She enjoyed opening her presents, but took her sweet time reviewing everything that she opened.

I hope you enjoy some of the videos:

Pictures from Ella’s Birthday

dylan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:02:02 +0000

I have some pictures to share from Ella’s Birthday Party as well as her birthday on Friday.

Ean’s Lego minifigs

dylan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:56:44 +0000

The other day we put Ean’s minifigures all together on his Lego table.

I was pretty surprised at how many that he had. 116 is the final count that I had, but there were about 4 or 5 more that we couldn’t locate at the time.

He plays with them all, we just run out of room to store them all.

Winter 2010

dylan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:48:31 +0000

Winter has hit the wonderful Markle area. When the first day came that was actually decent, Ean wanted to go outside and play in the snow. He was actually crying when we wanted him to come back inside to eat.

I didn’t get dressed up so I didn’t go with him when he played on his slide, but he had a blast and it was funny watching him go down the slide full of snow. Thanks to certain grandparents, he also throws snowballs as the windows and doors.