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R and Z learn to swim under water

Adam — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:14:04 +0000

The swimming lessons this summer are really paying off! (Oh, and sorry for the lack of posts recently. Work and life and all that. New photos coming soon, however. Stay tuned.)

December photos!

Adam — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 02:04:13 +0000

In case you’re wondering, this isn’t out of order, we just didn’t have enough November photos to make it worth an announcement. In any event, here are some of my favorite photos from December, including Hanukkah, Reader‘s birthday, and Christmas.

October Photos!

Adam — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:00:51 +0000

You read that right. I finally got around to posting some photos from October. Here are some of my favorites, including our group photo from Halloween.

My new favorite Chanukah song

Adam — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:44:35 +0000

This week, we’ve been lighting the menorah (or hannukiah, if you prefer) in celebration of the Jewish holiday Chanukah. Doing so has been an inconsistent family tradition, hinging primarily on whether dad remembers to buy candles. A friend of mine who is learning Hebrew as part of his training with the Foreign Diplomatic Service sent [...]

Do you want your kids to live up to who you wish you’d been?

Adam — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:00:36 +0000

OK, I admit it. I love the hit comedy Modern Family. The storylines are hilarious, the characters are endearingly flawed, and the themes – surprisingly – really make me think. The clip below, from episode 2 of the current season, epitomizes everything I love about this show (more after the video). Beyond the laugh out loud [...]

Nature invades (yes, again?!): Follow the white rabbit

Adam — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:38:55 +0000

In what seems to be a trend, another creature has found its way into our lives (nay, our hearts). This time, it’s an adorable white bunny…hopping around our backyard! It all started when R & Z came running up to me while I was teleworking to say there was a bunny in the front yard. Not [...]

Cutie learns to use the phone

Adam — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:05:29 +0000

Naturally, with four girls (plus Mommy), learning to communicate happens early on in our house. So Cutie is almost overdue for figuring out to use the phone. Watch as she mimics her family…almost.

Grover…on a cow?!

Adam — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:57:30 +0000

This Sesame Street take on the “Old Spice guy” is absolutely perfect. I love the spoof and perfect blend of hilarity and learning content.

Cutie walks!

Adam — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:56:14 +0000

After months of teasing us with cruising along furniture, frequent bear-crawling, and occasionally standing up on her own, Cutie finally started walking unassisted in the last couple of days! Once she gets a bit more confident, we can hopefully have four children who walk on their own. And just in time!; Winter, which brings the [...]

Nature invades our home: our sneaky skink!

Adam — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:00:36 +0000

Following on the heels of our butterfly adventure comes another chapter in nature invading our home! Coming into our basement last week, I was startled to see a large black lizard sitting on the floor. Find out what happened in our attempts to capture our little visitor! Read more...

Nature invades our home: beautiful butterflies!

Adam — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:16:13 +0000

For the first time, our family raised Monarch butterflies to the enjoyment of everyone. Read about our adventure, see some wonderful photos we took of the process, and watch as "Amber" stretches her wings in a video. Read more...

On a summer afternoon with my daughter

Adam — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:44:41 +0000

It's a mild summer afternoon, a rarity in the seemingly unending scorching weeks that we've had this season. After a busy morning of cooking with Rebecca during our quarterly freezer "cook days," I decide to indulge in two of my favorite vices: a cigar and a beer. Taking my e-reader, I retire to our backyard, a little postage-stamp area that we invested time and money in to create a sort of outdoor haven. Today, I plan to enjoy that investment for forty-five minutes or so. Read more...

Don’t Do Drugs…and Drive (German PSA video)

Adam — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:43:51 +0000

Never mind that this is in German, there’s enough understandable words that you’ll hopefully be chuckling as much as I was by the end…

The Dad Life! [video]

Adam — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:54:46 +0000

Thanks to my buddy Josh (a fellow dad) for sending along a link to this hilarious video. I relate to it on so many levels…

New Photos!

Adam — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:22:12 +0000

I recently updated the photo gallery with pictures from March, April and May (yeah, I was a bit behind…). The May includes the wonderful Mother’s Day photos below that were taken (free of charge) at our church. Enjoy and comment!!

Cutie smiles for the camera [video]

Adam — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:09:39 +0000

One of the funnest (yes, I said funnest) things about raising kids is the hilarious stuff they do – unintentionally. “Cutie” (as I’ll call our littlest one) has somehow picked up on the social norm to smile whenever a camera is present. In fact, if she even so much as glimpses a camera nearby, she’ll [...]

Playground fun! [videos]

Adam — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:06:32 +0000

Ahhh…the joys of Spring and Summer when we can take daily trips to the playground. Enjoy! These were taken from my Android phone, so I apologize for the graininess and stutter. I’ll need to explore my settings to see how I can improve the quality of the videos.

The Swagger Wagon

Adam — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:13:27 +0000

As a proud owner of a Sienna minivan, I found this video massively funny. I hope one day Rebecca and I get the rapping chops these two have. Enjoy…

The punishment should fit the crime [disciplining children]

Adam — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:48:52 +0000

I just read this great post on one of my favorite homeschooling blogs and it made me wonder if anyone has creative solutions to disciplining children. The blog author states two specific forms of discipline that I’m going to seriously consider implementing: “Hand over mouth” (for verbal indiscretions) and “Double restitution and extra work” (for [...]

Look out! The littlest one is on the move!

Adam — Thu, 06 May 2010 09:26:29 +0000

A couple weeks ago, C started the push-up-and-back move that seems to characterize what it looks like for our children to start crawling. (Don’t judge me, but I do find it hilarious when they fix their gaze on a toy and determinedly set out to get it…only to end up further from their goal!) Rebecca [...]