Category: The Banshee
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By all indications Sarah’s birthday was a smashing success. She got the "pony/unicorn" themed birthday party that she wanted. The kids who attended the party (only one boy) were very mellow and seemed to enjoy the cake, ice-cream, crafts and games. Anna was a very supportive sister to the birthday girl and there were no…
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A week or so ago Christa convinced Sarah to allow her trim her hair a little. After we praised the new dew Anna also wanted a summer cut. (Yesterday Sarah "modified" her own bangs much to Christa’s dismay/shock/disgust. I guess she was going for more of a layered look. Sorry I don’t have a picture…
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Do you remember that 80s sitcom Punky Brewster? Well, our family has own little "punky"–both in style and attitude. * Chuck Taylor’ Cons (or knockoffs) are a tradition we are proud to be passing along to our offspring…
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Sarah: (Running to me this morning before she went off to pre-school) Daaaaaaddddddy! I bend over and hug my little girl. It’s a touching moment between father and daughter. Sarah: (After our brief embrace.) Daddy, can I smell you? Me: Sure. Sarah: (Leaning in, she smells my neck. Grinning…) Daddy, you smell kind of stinky.…
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Raising four kids is difficult at times… Oh, you mean, we didn’t tell you? Surely you already knew about the other (less-mentioned) members of our family. Let’s see there’s Anna, Sarah,… Cokie… In addition to making a U.S. cross-country road trip with us, Cokie has also been Anna’s constant companion in Singapore, Thailand, China, and…
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A hush has fallen over the yeti home. It’s Saturday. No one (except me) is here? Christa and the girls have gone to a birthday party leaving me home to my coffee and fantasy baseball. Aaaahhh… This week was quite eventful. With language study in full swing before the October holiday the week seemed to…
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Well, yesterday I mentioned Sarah’s accident and subsequent resemblance to the kid from the movie, Mask. Here are… Exhibit A: and Exhibit B: It’s really sad. We’re pretty sure she gave herself a concussion because she was up last night vomiting. Scary. This morning she seemed back to normal–running around, doing her "crazy" eyes (which…
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I really miss this little trouble-maker. Don’t let the picture deceive you, folks; she’s a hand full and a half. But when it’s all said and done, she’s a real sweet sort of mischief. And she’s almost 3 now…can you believe it? Goodnight, sweet Saree. Daddy misses ya!
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As you can see here, the girls really enjoyed getting some goodies from back home today. (Thanks, Mom & Dad. Our coffee supply ran out this week…shoooo, that was a close one!)
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This saying (i.e. divide and conquer) is one that I usually apply to times when Christa and I each take one of our daughters and head to our respective corners. We don’t do this because we are fighting. We do this because sometimes a one-to-one ratio works better than a two-to-one OR EVEN a two-to-two. …
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