Chrissy and I went door shopping over the weekend. We ordered two Mastercraft steel doors to replace our older double doors in the main entrance. The new doors seal tight like refrigerator doors, so we shouldn’t get any more drafts in the foyer. We also got two storm doors with the screen that slides down to replace the...
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Kraz Construction came over to give us an estimate on replacing our aluminum siding. Replacing the siding on the house and the garage would run us $18k, down from a starting price of around $30k due to a current promotion. There was financing available (one year same-as-cash), so we went with the offer. It turned out that...
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Aiden will be eligible for pre-school when he turns three years old in August. We want Aiden to learn social skills and hope that he may talk more if around other children. Chrissy asked the Mom’s Club members for their suggestions, and The Learning Center in Highland was highly recommended. Chrissy called TLC and went in...
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We had some bad luck with the garage door last week. By bad luck, I mean that it stopped opening and closing. It was fine in the morning when I went to work, but it wouldn’t work at all by the end of the night. I had to open and close it manually for the next few days, which was a pain because it’s a big, heavy...
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We recently found out that the National Conference on Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a conference for speech therapists and parents of children with apraxia, will be held in nearby St. Charles, IL. Chrissy and I will be going for three days of seminars and networking from July 9th – 11th (and whatever spare time we find will...
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Aiden has completed his first week of potty training, and we were very impressed with the results. Prior to last week, Aiden was wearing diapers full time and didn’t seem to like the “big boy” underwear (even if it had Thomas The Tank Engine on it). Chrissy decided that now was the time though, since...
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This year is Gavin’s first Mother’s Day, so I wanted to do something special for Chrissy involving our two boys. I looked around online for gift ideas that include your children, but I only found a number of options that wouldn’t work for toddlers and tiny babies (like building a photo frame out of popsicle...
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Aiden has been a big fan of Thomas The Tank Engine since his second birthday. We have lots of episodes on DVD for him to watch and we’ll often build train sets together in the living room. When we found out that “Thomas & Friends Live!” was coming to the Sears Centre Arena, we purchased tickets in...
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