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JC, you’re five now. To take a popular adjective from your vocabulary, you are “awesome”.

You are a great storyteller. After school your stories rush out in a torrent of friends and teachers and toys and animals.  Battles, police emergencies, fire rescues and shopping trips play out on your bedroom floor with Lego and tinker toy [...]

I’ve developed a middle aged man’s interest in time.

Last week I finished The Mapmaker’s Wife. The book describes the travels and travails of an 18th century French expedition into South America.

Throughout the book there are critical letters (to the king, to friends and family) that take months or years to arrive. The letters [...]

We’re off to Moss Park this afternoon. Sleeping bags and tent are by the front door. Kids are testing the flashlights. At 8 am it’s blazing hot. Gonna be fun.

From May2010

The school party is long gone. The birthday scooter is just another toy. The tutu count is up to three. The inflatable mattress for JahJah’s visit has been deflated. Only 4 chocolate cupcakes are left.

A return to our version of normal is on the horizon. (After we find places for all of PrettyGirl’s loot.)

It was [...]

PrettyGirl turned two today. The last time she’ll double her age overnight.

I went to her parent/teacher conference at pre-school this morning. All’s well, but the teacher says PrettyGirl doesn’t talk much and she often looks at her peers like they are crazy. Sounds familiar.

From Elle's 2nd

We don’t wait for Easter for the Easter Egg Hunt. We do it when Langford Park in downtown Orlando can be reserved.

This may be the last time we can get JC into an Easter outfit like this. Some photos of the hunt are in the gallery behind the photo.

From Easter 2010

For the first time in a few years, I spent a couple hours with Gram. She is in the hospital after a fall and I was the closest person available.

We did what we do. We talked about trips. Abby and I are just back from Florence, so Gram told me about her trip to [...]

I just called Florence, Italy from my office phone in Orlando, Florida for 2 cents per minute. Google Voice allowed me to do it.

I logged on to my Google Voice account, copied the phone number from the Florence museums’ web site (http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/), selected my office phone number from the drop down and clicked call. [...]

From Bathtime Headshots