One a Day

2 April 2011

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Blaise's Friday afternoon playdate.

31 March 2011

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Eating yummy chicken teriyak wee.

27 March 2011

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Dump truck loaded up.

25 March 2011

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Blaise got ready to go to the playground.

24 March 2011

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Practicing her roll.

20 March 2011

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Trying on his bike helmet.

18 March 2011

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Having a tea party with Mommy.

17 March 2011

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Go Bulldogs!

16 March 2011

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Talking on the phone to "Ga-Ma" and "Apa".

14 March 2011

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Blaise helping Daddy put together his new bike.

13 March 2011

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Peeking around the corner in church.

12 March 2011

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8 March 2011

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Our growing bean experience.

7 March 2011

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Kate celebrating Rosenmontag.

6 March 2011

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Blaise reading to Kate.

5 March 2011

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Kay-Kay reading during tummy time.

4 March 2011

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Enjoying an early morning apple snack.

3 March 2011

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Our bean growing experiment.

2 March 2011

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Making Four Bean Chili with Mommy that he didn't eat.

1 March 2011

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Puzzling.

27 February 2011

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Dunking his bread like Daddy.

24 February 2011

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She did it again.

23 February 2011

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My parents got Blaise a play tent and tunnel for Christmas? Birthday? Thursday? I can't remember. At any rate, he really enjoys it and has developed the habit of laying in the tent for a minute before lights out. He takes this opportunity to tuck in his fish, parrot and beloved Elmo. It's pretty cute.

22 February 2011

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Blaise and I were playing Memory and he thought Kate should participate.

21 February 2011

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Enjoying the carousel at Tobolino.

20 February 2011

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Kate and her 2 day older cousin chillin'.

19 February 2011

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18 February 2011

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This morning Blaise and I plundered the bags of wind-up toys my Mom left behind. Blaise kept saying "Ga-Ma," so I got out the camera and he enjoyed watching the video of Grandma, Blaise and Elmo on his birthday while everyone sang Happy Birthday.

17 February 2011

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It's Kate Day!

16 February 2011

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Siblings and Friends.

15 February 2011

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Blaise: Eier boom. (Eggs boom)

Mommy: What? Oh.

14 February 2011

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Talking to Grandma and Grandpa.

13 February 2011

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Photo by Jan

12 February 2011

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11 February 2011

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8 February 2011

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7 February 2011

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Tired Baby.

6 February 2011

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5 February 2011

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4 February 2011

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Photo by Jan

3 February 2011

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Big shoes to fill.

2 February 2011

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Ever since my parents went home, Blaise has become a better telephone communicator. Here he is after his bath "reading" and "talking" on the phone. He is so funny!

1 February 2011

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Jan had a wisdom tooth pulled and was icing his cheek. Blaise was commiserating.

31 January 2011

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Thank God for washable crayons!

30 January 2011

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We have mice :)

29 January 2011

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28 January 2011

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This is how I found Blaise after his non-nap today. :-/

27 January 2011

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Blaise and I made dinner. He cleaned mushrooms, mixed bouillon and added noodles to the water. He loved it!

26 January 2011

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Talking to Kate through the baby monitor :) The monologue goes: "HI, HI, HI, HI, HI."

25 January 2011

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The day after my Mom left after having stayed with us for 3 months I asked Blaise "where is Grandma?" thinking that he would point to the place on the globe where we taught him Grandma and Grandpa live. Instead he went into his room, took his Lego grandparents and put them on the blanket on the bed in the guest room and laid down next them.

23 January 2011

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22 January 2011

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21 January 2011

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20 January 2011

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Blaise and Grandma reading "Paddington Bear" after it visited the Book Hospital. :)

18 January 2011

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We have not allowed Blaise to watch TV (of course there have been the occasional exceptions, the Soccer World Cup for example :) ), but recently we’ve taken to showing him youtube clips. I think it must have started with watching little videos of my friends kids and now he can watch some Sesame Street or Muppet clips. This allows us to really control what he’s watching and how long. I try not to let it go longer than 10ish minutes. Here is Jan and Blaise watching some classic Bert and Ernie before bed this evening.

17 January 2011

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Man I wish this was centered. Those cheeks sure are yummy!

16 January 2011

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14 January 2011

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13 January 2011

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12 January 2011

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My Dad flew home on Tuesday after visiting with us since Thanksgiving. Before leaving he explained to Blaise that he'd be flying on a plane back to Chicago - my parents even found a great airport book for him. While talking to Grandpa on the phone today, Blaise went and got the suitcase and airport book and pointed to the spot on the plane where Grandpa said he would sit.

Thank God for speaker phone. (notice phone under book!)

11 January 2011

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Blaise reading at his new table. I took this picture right before he went to bed, so I really had to up the ISO since it was so dark - too much noise :( But, he's still sweet!

10 January 2011

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Blaise played dress-up today, here he is in his "bum-bum."

9 January 2011

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We visited the Children's Hospital at the University Klinik today on our annual thank-you trip. Whoops on the garbage in front of the bench.

8 January 2011

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I couldn't decide on just one today. This morning we gave Blaise his birthday present - this table and chairs we put together last night. He has really taken to Elmo recently (we watch some short youtube clips of him) so Elmo was waiting for him at the table this morning. Later in the day while Jan, Grandpa and Blaise were out at the Saturday morning market Kate slept the whole time allowing Grandma and I to make some great progress getting ready for Blaise's afternoon birthday party. It was a great day!

7 January 2011

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Blaise really loves his sister!! Anyone else notice all the dates with 2010 in this blog? Startin' off on the right foot over here...

6 January 2010

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Didn't get many sharp pictures today (hardly any at all :( ), but I did snap this funny one. Blaise rarely walks down the hall to and from his room, he runs full force. Here he is powering down, arms flaying and letting it rip. He is so uninhibited and I love it. I told him tomorrow is his birthday and he answered "two." He makes my heart tingle.

5 January 2010

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4 January 2011

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Grandma Rose getting her creative juices flowing on the Wilton website. She is in preparation stage for baking Blaise's birthday cake this week. Cake to be revealed after his Saturday party :)

2 January 2011

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Outside of the straightforward playing with Blaise's toys and reading his books, I always feel at a loss as to what to do with him. That is why I signed up for daily emails from Productive Parenting which are tailored to the age of your child. The other day I received the recipe for making clay and tips on what to encourage him to do with the clay. It was a fun experience making it together and trying to use our imagination to create things.

1 January 2011

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Every year for our anniversary my Mom brings us candles from our wedding day. We had so many votives for the wedding and they weren't burned all the way so she kept them. This year for our fifth anniversary we received our 5 candles and used them to decorate our table on January 1st as we all sat down to a dinner of filet steak and garlic bread.