Today was a trip to Legoland with the grandparents. Better than the trip to Disney last year when he was only 18 mos, Alton actually got to enjoy some of the rides at this park. He was constantly asking, “Where is popo? Where is gung gung?” Also, for the cost of a Wendy’s combo, we …

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I always manage to be on-service the week before going on vacation (or perhaps I schedule my vacations after a call week?), so it is always pretty frantic on the last day as I try to clean up things at work as much as possible to not leave too many loose ends (and work unbilled). …

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Easter Sunday, and the kids have had quite an extravaganza leading up to it. We took a trip to the “Triple T” (Top Ten Toys) early in the week, which is always an adventure. Although, really, they just tend to play at the train table or sit in the big wicker couch and look at …

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We recently took a family trip to Bend, OR. T was speaking at a conference there and the whole family was invited (these sorts of events are becoming few and far between in the era of Advamed). Apparently, it is about 350 miles to Bend from Seattle, which would be a pretty long drive in …

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At the conference reception, Alton absconds with a balloon and experiments with Bernoulli’s principle over an air vent.

This weekend was Nikola’s birthday weekend. The gramps and grandma arrived for the festivities. Mom and grandma helped put together the favor bags (tiara, light-up bouncy ball, vanilla milk, necklace/headband, stickers), with each wrapped with a flower bow. Of course, in the meantime, the kids got a story from gramps. The big party was at …

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As I walked downstairs today, I saw Alton extract Shaynee’s phone from its protective case, and drop it onto the floor. Seems to work okay, but this may be part of Apple’s hidden master plan to get her to upgrade her phone.

The grandparents came to visit this weekend, so the kids were pretty excited. Alton wanted to show them his umpteen smashed up Matchbox cars. Nikola changed into her various fancy dresses several times a day. Daddy came down with the same gastrointestinal virus that afflicted the kids earlier in the week. For Alton that meant …

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Nikola turned 5 today. Of course, we didn’t get much sleep last night as Alton had a massive throw up so we took turns cleaning up while we decorated the play room. Shaynee bought some very cute paper lanterns, which we strung across the room. Then we finished with the little woodsy decals we’ve been …

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