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Here we go again. You may remember… well, most likely not, considering my numbers… I did this a couple of years ago and it was an underwhelming “success” (in that I got a post posted each day). I am participating in NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Post Month where the idea is to have a blog…
Yesterday was Halloween, so of course there will be costume pictures. First, however, I wanted to share this. We don’t get a lot of fallen leaves in our neighborhood, but the block to and from school does for about a week. The kids all love going through them. Here’s Xavier on his way home from…
School pictures came back. For Xavier it was his first school picture. It’s not even a great picture, to be honest, but it really does capture him at this moment in time. As I picked him up from preschool one of his teachers was handing out the packets to parents. He came out and saw…
I’m stepping out of the shower this morning and there in the doorway is Xavier, my 3 year old. I didn’t expect to see him there and was a little surprised. He’s just standing there, looking at me. “Oh, Hi Xavier.” “Hi dad. You’re gross.” “I know.” The kid really knows how to make a…
Last night we made it to the Sounders match against the Los Angeles Galaxy. It was our first professional sports event this year. Despite having signed up for the Mariners Kids’ Club early, we never made it to a game. I have some thoughts on that which I hope to put down shortly. Focusing on…
First, a random shot of Xavier as he is wearing August’s jacket. We were rushing to get out the house to pick up August, Déla and Ciárán from school and couldn’t immediately find his. Then we come to the weekend and Xavier and August went with me to the store. Both Xavier and August wanted…
I watched “Covert Affairs” from the beginning. While I had issues with the lead character of Annie, I enjoy spy thrillers and it was nice to see a female in the lead. My wife couldn’t get past some of the same issues I have with Annie and refused to watch the show somewhere in the…
Plenty has happened in the last week, not the least of which was Xavier staying home for 3 days from preschool due to his being sick. Here are a few of the other highlights from the past week. Friday was the Cross Country Pumpkin Run, an event that is supposed to come at the end…
Yesterday as we were in the throes of our morning routine, there’s myself, Laura and our 3 year old Xavier in the kitchen. I took off my sweatshirt, and as it tends to happen with that garment, my T-shirt rode up as well. Xavier said “Ewww! I can see your body. Gross. You have hair.” Laura…