Archive for July, 2009
Maddie & Bampa
I have to say, the girl has a special love of outside adventures with her Bampa. This was taken during her first concert. A nearby town has an outdoor music fest that lasts through the majority of the summer; they have different musicians on Sunday evenings, rain or shine.
This past Sunday it was Johnny Cash, [...]
Filed under: Madeline, family | 5 Comments
Tags: concert, grandparents, Johnny Cash, outdoor concert series, Picnik
grammy
She finally said it.
For months now, Madeline has been taunting my mom. Taunting her. She began to say “Bampa” so long ago that I can’t actually recall the first time, chanting it over and over if you so much as mention his name in her presence. “Where-a Bampa?” she quizzed me the other day as [...]
Filed under: Madeline, family | 7 Comments
Tags: grandparents, parenting
what I learned this weekend
Car trips with an almost-eighteen-month-old are not necessarily a bad or suicidal idea, particularly if you begin said road trip by stopping at a cousin’s house and raiding his playroom. Instant new toys: total distraction and novelty!
However, it would be best if the route for said road trip did not contain rumble strips to interrupt your [...]
Filed under: Madeline, family, sad stuff. | 7 Comments
Tags: cousins, family, illness, University of Toledo Children's Hospital
sliding doors
I’ve actually never seen 1998’s Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow, but I remember quite vividly the advertisements. I was in eighth grade that year, and the concept of an entire life riding on one decision really struck a chord with me. It’s obvious why, I suppose: I was about to graduate from my private middle [...]
Filed under: Jimmy, marriage, me | 6 Comments
Tags: choices, Sliding Doors
Welcome, Googlers! I see that you’ve found me via a search for the Jump Arounds, that kooky, fun band on Noggin. If you’ve arrived here by other means, forgive my presumption, but considering that Jump Arounds is currently the top search term for my blog (narrowly, I’ll admit, beating out other more obscene terms reserved [...]
Filed under: daily | 24 Comments
Tags: Nick Jr., Noggin, The Fresh Beat Band, The Jump Arounds
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