Our town holds an annual Christmas tree bonfire in the square downtown. People bring their drying Christmas trees to be burned along with everyone else’s in a huge fiery conflagration. Chrissy used to go every year when she was growing up, so we wanted to bring the boys to continue the tradition. We don’t have a...
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Aiden and Gavin got a phone call from Santa Claus last night. We put it on speaker for both of them to hear. He asked for each boy by name and knew exactly what each one wanted for Christmas. He even told Aiden that he would see him at pre-school next week. I was as amazed as they were. How did this Christmas miracle come...
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Aiden was so good when we took him to see Toy Story 3 that was it was an easy decision to take him to another movie. Aiden and I went to see a matinee showing of Tangled in 3D. And like last time, he was very good during the entire movie. He didn’t make barely a sound, and even shushed me once or twice. I guess I was...
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Now that season three of their Playhouse Disney show has completed taping, the Imagination Movers are going back on tour! We took Aiden to see them last year and he had a great time. We were in the balcony last time, but we saw the Movers interacting with the kids in the first few rows and really wanted Aiden to be there next...
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Gavin went to a few houses during Halloween last year, but wasn’t really old enough to get the full trick-or-treating experience. We weren’t sure how he would handle it this year. But he’s a stubborn little guy, and determined to do whatever his older brother can do. Chrissy and I decided that the best thing...
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October is fire prevention month, so we have seen a lots of firefighters lately. The local fire departments have been holding open houses on the weekends, and we have taken the boys to a bunch of them. Early in the month, we went to the Schererville Fire Department Open House at the Tri-Town Safety Village by AMC theaters....
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Aiden starts pre-school again this week. He’ll be going back for three days a week this year, up from two last year. However, he’ll only be going to private school this time, since he doesn’t need speech therapy from the public school anymore. He really likes school, but I don’t think that he missed it...
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When Chrissy was in the third grade, she had a “Grow A Frog” kit. It’s basically a tadpole that grows into a frog. They live entirely under water (like a fish) and can live for a long time (unlike a fish). Chrissy’s survived until after she was out of high school. So, when Chrissy found one at the...
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