The ongoing blog of the Tomchak family, in Wheaton IL USA

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A Typical Morning with the Twins, Part 2

By on September 28, 2008 in Video Post with 0 Comments

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A Typical Morning with the Twins, Part 1

By on September 27, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BlogPost_08-0927a.mov /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0927a.jpg /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0927a.mov 600 337] When they wake up they are always in the best mood and a lot of fun. Although they do sleep in their own cribs, I like to put them together in the morning at watch them play together.  This clip is on the longer side, so I split it into […]

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Max Sleeping – 7 hours in 70 Seconds

By on September 25, 2008 in Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BlogPost_08-0925b.mov /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0925b.jpg /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0925b.mov 600 337] I am going to try to get another one of Andrew, but I’m pretty sure it will be a lot less interesting since he just lays there in one position all night. But, we’ll try it. For all we know he might sneak out at night and go for a walk. 

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Exotic Eats

By on September 21, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.jpg /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov 500 375] Not your typical food back in the USA, one popular item here is eating scorpion! Jim Lucy, one of the camera operators (based on Chicago) was challenged to eat them while being recorded on video and he was more then happy to. Also part of this little display of questionable judgment are […]

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Up and Down the Wall

By on September 16, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

Although we could have walked up to the wall, I’m glad we didn’t. It was a pretty long walk, and even once you’re on the wall it’s a lot of walking and at times on very steep angles. So, we took a cable car up on one side, walked a couple of hours to the […]

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Crash up Derby

By on August 19, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BlogPost_08-0819.mov /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0819.jpg /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0819.mov 600 337] Max has this new thing of crashing the walker into everything, and everyone. Andrew is no exception.  It’s been a busy week, hence slow posting.  Our Nanny Rachel unexpectedly needed some time off to deal with some personal issues so that thew our schedules out of whack a little. Because […]

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Bedtime with the Twins

By on August 12, 2008 in Video Post with 0 Comments

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Sweet Samantha Dimond

By on August 11, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809b.mov /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809b.jpg /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809b.mov 600 337] A few weeks back our friends Rich and Maria come over for a play date with the boys. It’s the first time we’ve seen each other since we both had our babies. Samantha was born the day before the boys were. I couldn’t resist getting some pictures of her cute […]

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Leg Salad

By on August 11, 2008 in Video Post with 0 Comments

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Madison on Informercials

By on August 9, 2008 in Text Post, Video Post with 0 Comments

[qt:/blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809.mov /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809.jpg /blog/video/BlogPost_08-0809.mov 600 337] My niece Madison seems to absorb informercials like a sponge, and is able to repeat back almost the entire ad in great detail. I think the product makers should start sending her some checks for her efforts. Here is a pitch she made to me the last time we were […]

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