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JT, Haley, and I met our friends Carrie and Emi at 3-2-1 Bounce for some morning playtime this week. On the way there, we got hit in our Mazda… that’s another story. I’ll blog about that soon. Anyway, we are all fine and so we continued on to our destination. We got there half anContinue reading “Bouncy House”

I’ve started calling Haley “Haley Bean.” I don’t know why. Maybe because it rhymes with “Haley Keene,” or maybe because she is such a little bean. She is now about the same size JT was when he was a week old. Not that we’re comparing, it’s just so funny how little she is to us.Continue reading “My Little Bean”

I don’t love Halloween. I just don’t get it. I don’t get all excited to dress up and ask people to give me candy. I do, however, love pumpkins – patches, carving, seeds, the whole thing. Soooooo this weekend the Skagens came over and we had dinner and carved pumpkins. Sarah, Aly, and Cole decidingContinue reading “Hallowhat?”

JT has adopted a few more household tasks lately. He enjoyed scrubbing the toilets; mostly I think this is because he loves playing in water. Loading the dishwasher was going well (he did everything you see here), and he was even rinsing the dishes off for me. But then we hit a snag. He putContinue reading “More Chores”

Last week, Jim and I had a date day! We were planning on skiing but it was much too foggy on the lake. But we still got to ride the Harley to lunch… …and saw a weekday matinee movie (The Social Network) where we had a lot of trouble finding seats… …and rode home againContinue reading “Date Day”

I have been accused of the common second-time-parent sin: not taking as many pictures of your second child. I have to argue that this is just not true… at the very least, it is hard to tell. First, I have a much better camera, so I can take fewer pictures and get one that IContinue reading “Equality”

It’s fun that JT is finally old enough to have a conversation. This first Flip Clip sounds more like a quiz than a dialogue, but that’s because it’s really hard to get an impromptu talk on film. (The names he says are Asher, Abby, Jen, Katie, Brady, and Shira. I laughed when he said “maybeContinue reading “Conversations”

Hooray for two months old! Haley has slept five, six, or seven hours at night all week. She is smiling a lot and is starting to follow things with her eyes and head. Haley had her two month checkup today and she is doing just great. Her pediatrician said that she her skills are rightContinue reading “Two Months Old”

There were so many “quotables” today that I had to make a separate posting. I am amazed at how children’s brains work (favorite class in college = child development and psychology). I love that JT can verbalize his thinking so much better now. He makes us laugh! Many times these conversations happen in the carContinue reading “Toddler Logic”

We had a lot of fun hanging out with Grandma Keene for her birthday last night! I made my annual German chocolate cake with coconut pecan frosting. We had a yummy pot roast dinner, courtesy Grandpa Keene, too. The birthday girl and Haley JT showing Grandma our card JT’s new light-up pumpkin from Grandma