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  • Saturday Night Special – A Unscheduled ER Visit

    Saturday Night Special – A Unscheduled ER Visit

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    One minute we’re all on the couch eating popcorn and watching a movie, the next moment we’re in the car driving to the ER.

    Max hurt himself in a way that I won’t get into because even I wish I could forget it, but it turned out fine in the end and it was a good thing that I took him because it could have been serious and I wouldn’t have really known.

    By the end of the night the kids were feeling way better, relieved for Max and kind of slap happy. When they’re like that they are just pure entertainment.

    I feel very lucky that we have a great hospital so close to the house.

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  • Jumping Sky High

    Jumping Sky High

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    Earlier this week while I was running an errand with the kids we noticed a new trampoline place. What surprised me was that it’s located in a business park, not a location that would ever really see drive by traffic. We checked it out that afternoon but today they went to actually JUMP and had a great time. All 3 were sweaty by the time that we left.

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    They had a “wipe out” type contraption that the boys loved. They more or less stayed on that the entire time that we were there (see photos and video below of that).

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    If you’re interested in checking it out yourself visit SkyHighSports.com. I can tell you that the Naperville location was amazing.

  • Fall Toy Video

    Fall Toy Video

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    The kids recently spent some of their hard earned allowance on a few small toys from Walgreens. And because they’ve seen so many “unboxing” videos on youtube, they wanted to make one of their own. While their ramblings when on for a total of just over 30 minutes, this 8 minute video captures the best of it. Believe me, there’s nothing missed by not seeing what didn’t make the final video.

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  • First Grade Culture Projects

    First Grade Culture Projects

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    I was so appreciative last month when the teachers let us know about the boys having a big homework project. The main idea was that each child would learn about some part of their own culture, research it and then create one of several possible projects to display their culture knowledge at a school fair (which is this Friday).

    And then, 4 weeks went by without me doing a darn thing.

    Well, it was due tomorrow so I spent about 2 hours with Maximus and Brenda sat with Andrew for about the same time and we produced two posters for the boys. Both of which I need to pickup from Kinkos at 6am tomorrow so that they have them in time for school.

    So apparently a deadline can be so far in the future that you don’t even worry about it until it’s too late.

    During the process not only did we talk about the different things that we learned, but the boys had a first hand look at some of what you can do with a computer and photoshop. For me personally that was part of my motivation to use the computer – I wanted to get them interested in being creative with it.

    Here are the results of cramming for just under 2 hours.

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  • Easter Sunday Egg Hunt Surprise [video]

    Easter Sunday Egg Hunt Surprise [video]

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    This year instead of going to the big local Egg Hunt on Saturday we (and when I say “we” I mean Brenda) created a egg hunt in our side yard. The kids didn’t know about it until right before it happened and it was a nice surprise for them.

    I’m always amazed at seeing the world through the kids eyes. The simplest things bring them such insane joy. I want to get just a little of that back.

     

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