Can you see the freckles on his nose?
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Snow Girl
We had a tiny amount of snow last week. It was the good kind. I think the temperature was 31 degrees, so the snow was super sticky and perfect for building a snowman, even though there was not much of it. S she wanted to build a snow girl.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Axe
Just home from work, walking in with hands full of the day's things, he heard, "Dada, I want us to make me an axe out of wood!" He also wanted to rearrange his room. My boy has a lot of big plans.
It was determined that a wooden axe would take too long, and so a cardboard one was the order of the day.

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It was determined that a wooden axe would take too long, and so a cardboard one was the order of the day.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Just Think
Friday, February 3, 2012
Magic
When my 3 year old daughter wants to cast a spell, she says, "Abracadabra, Mi Mo Fo Fabra! Turn Mama into a cat!" Then she waves her wand at me and I meow. Sometimes she turns me into a dog, or turns herself into a monster.
But it always starts with "Abracadabra, Mi Mo Fo Fabra!"
I love the way kids make up their own words, or put a different spin on something.
When my son was little, he used to cast spells like this: "Abracadabra, Allakazam, turn Mama into a dinosam!" (dinosaur) He'd always make the last word of his spell rhyme with zam. He might say, "Abracadabra, Allakazam, make mama clean my ram!" (room)
Well, one day several years back my dad was visiting. My son got out his wand and waved it around.
"Abracadabra, Allakazam, send Grampy back to Nam!"
Yep. My dad is a Vietnam war veteran.
My dad put his hands over his face and laughed and laughed. In a small voice, trying to speak through laughter, he squeaked out, "But I don't want to go back to Nam."
It's one of those family stories that we still love to laugh about.
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But it always starts with "Abracadabra, Mi Mo Fo Fabra!"
I love the way kids make up their own words, or put a different spin on something.
When my son was little, he used to cast spells like this: "Abracadabra, Allakazam, turn Mama into a dinosam!" (dinosaur) He'd always make the last word of his spell rhyme with zam. He might say, "Abracadabra, Allakazam, make mama clean my ram!" (room)
Well, one day several years back my dad was visiting. My son got out his wand and waved it around.
"Abracadabra, Allakazam, send Grampy back to Nam!"
Yep. My dad is a Vietnam war veteran.
My dad put his hands over his face and laughed and laughed. In a small voice, trying to speak through laughter, he squeaked out, "But I don't want to go back to Nam."
It's one of those family stories that we still love to laugh about.
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