We’ve already crossed doctor off the list based on pumpkin guts.  And now, his future career as a fortune teller has already crashed and burned…  before it ever got off the ground. Baby Zinger was born happy and healthy this morning via C-section.  Drum roll please… it’s a boy!  Somehow,…

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Baby ZEve

Tomorrow is Baby Zinger’s birthday!  If anyone is out there reading this blog, Baby Zinger is my brother Geoff’s very first baby.  Geoff’s wife Angela’s maiden name is Zing… thus the nickname.  Little Baby Zinger will be born on the 20th, just like its maternal grandmother and of course, favorite…

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Wholey Moly

The last two weekends in a row I’ve been talked into visiting Whole Paycheck with one of the munchkins.  Talked into or perhaps, voluntold.  A new corporate-ism I’ve just added to my vocabulary… apparently it’s been in use for quite some time. So, two weeks ago I took Nate and…

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Wiseguy

Natesy’s a mess.  He’s got scratches on both cheeks, one across his eyelid and a new one on his forehead.  There’s a bruise under his chin and his first black eye is finally fading.  Looks like he’s missing quite a few teeth. I just spent the last thirty minutes intercepting…

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Top Dog

Geoff and Angela have a dog.  And his name is Scruffy. I’d say he’s the perfect dog.  Just like granddkids are the perfect kids.  Jakey can play with “his” dog, feed him dozens of dog cookies, get him all riled-up, and then come home.  Honestly, it’s genius.  No leashes, no…

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Nakezilla

Our life is all about trains.  And cars.  And airplanes.  Basically all modes of transportation.  Right now Jakey is yelling from his bed to “bring him all the cars.”  It’s like a bunkbed parking lot in there.  It seems your house can either be a princess explosion or in our…

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HONK!

I just read the best book.  It’s a kid book so ratchet your excitement down just a notch.  That’s better. It’s called HONK!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina by Pamela Duncan Edwards.  It has a lovely handwritten inscription on the inside cover: 1998 Merry Christmas Hailey, love Aunt Janelle. …

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