Day #1814 (Mon., Dec. 22, 2014) – Violet Babysits Katie

Katie woke up at 9:30 this morning and my wife called Violet (our 13-year old neighbor) to come babysit and she was here in a few minutes. Katie seemed to be very excited to meet Violet for the first time. Violet toasted Katie a waffle and Katie ate it all! They colored, decorated a stocking…

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Day #1813 (Sun., Dec. 21, 2014) – Watching Christmas Carol

I was sore all day after taping little Bobby’s room yesterday (see photo to the right). Nonetheless, I did manage to sand off the stucco that I put on the walls to get rid of the holes and blemishes. I also put down some plastic wrapping so that paint will not fall directly onto our…

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Day #1812 (Sat., Dec. 20, 2014) – Taping Little Bobby’s Room

Katie is not feeling well. They were going to the library this morning and she threw up in the hallway. She missed Helen’s birthday party this afternoon as a result. I went to the library and got her 10 books on Clifford The Big Red Dog and 10 others. One of them dealt with having…

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Day #1811 (Fri., Dec. 19, 2014) – School Christmas Concert

Katie had her Christmas concert at preschool today. I took the day off to go see it. My wife got up with Katie at one point as the parents were helping the children play musical instruments. When it was time to go Katie didn’t want her to leave…she was frightened of the crowd. This seemed…

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