Watching Sesame Street Again
Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Children, Stupid TV, Be More Funny | 4 Comments »This week Abby showed Lexi some old school Sesame Street clips on YouTube. Lexi loved them--especially the YipYipYipYipYip monsters. So I decided we'd try watching some Sesame Street when it was on PBS. I'm usually not big on watching TV ...
Teaching Kids About God
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Children, God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »Last week at church we sat around with some other parents and talked about spiritual formation in our children. Basically how we're teaching them about God. I felt kind of dumb because I didn't think we were doing much. But ...
Lexi is a Photographer
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in Children, Technology | 1 Comment »Lexi's grandparents gave her a digital camera for her birthday, so we set her up with a Flickr account. She's now a photographer. She loves to "take-ah pictures." While some pictures are complete blurs, others seem oddly artistic. She's also got ...
Hungry All Afternoon
Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Children | 1 Comment »A lunchtime conversation with Lexi when she wouldn't eat the rest of her pasta: Me: Are you going to eat anymore pasta? Lexi: No. Me: Do you want to be hungry all afternoon? Lexi: Yeah! Hungry!
Sick for Christmas
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Children | No Comments »Lexi got sick for the second major holiday in a row and spent Christmas Eve throwing up. Not exactly the best treat to leave for Santa. She seemed better on the ride home, but proved us wrong outside of Chippewa ...
Cute Things Lexi Does
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 Posted in Children | No Comments »Along with sucking her thumb, putting her hand on her stomach is one of her new comfort measures. It's come to the point that she doesn't like wearing clothes that restrict access to her tummy. This has led to wearing ...
Kids Need to Play Outside
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 Posted in Children | 2 Comments »"Recent research has shown that the UK is one of the worst places in the western world to be a child." -Bob Reitemeier, chief executive of The Children's Society Ouch. The reason is because kids are losing opportunities to play, especially ...
No Place Like Kansas
Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Children, Familia, Vacation | 1 Comment »After a delayed flight, Lexi and I returned from our daddy-daughter weekend in Kansas the other night. She slept most of the flight down and mostly entertained herself on the flight back (to the point that I could sit next ...
May the Lord Shine Upon You
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 Posted in Children | 1 Comment »When I talked about my daughter yesterday I neglected to mention one of my favorite things (and I have a feeling this a common component of parenthood: being so busy you forget basic things). On Sunday mornings when we go up ...
She’s Not a Baby Anymore
Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Children | No Comments »I haven't had a good Lexi blog in a while. So here we go... Lately I'm amazed at the sudden developmental growth my daughter is going through. A couple Sundays back she started wandering around church after the service like she'd ...
