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Bundled Up

larry — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:35:17 +0000

Winter, a photo by larrylaw on Flickr.

Jack & Milie have enjoyed what little snow we have had so far this winter.

August Updates

larry — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:20:44 +0000

Jack started Kindergarten this month. He is really enjoying it so far. He is wiped out every evening & falls asleep by 9:00.
Millie turned three this month. She is enjoying her time home alone with Mommy while Jack is away at school.
I recently deleted my Facebook account. I tried it for a little over a year — it just didn’t suit. You can still find me on Twitter.
We are glad to see the summer heat wind down. If you don’t already know, we live in a 104 year old home without AC. This was by far this most challenging summer. If I can find the time I will write up a full post on how and why we live without AC.
The Cardinals have been a never-ending source of frustration and disappointment for me this year. I am still hoping they can squeak into the playoffs. Their starting pitching is good enough to shut down almost any team in a short series.

Jack’s Birthday Weekend

larry — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:46:38 +0000

We had a very busy weekend so I only have time for a brief update Jack celebrated is 5th birthday this weekend. Some of his friends joined us Saturday for pizza and a pool party. On Sunday we had a quiet family day at the movies.

As always we took a few pictures . . . more to come.

Quiet Weekend – Update

larry — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 19:26:34 +0000

Laurie and the kids are visiting the Mackinaw McConnells today. Jack and Millie are really looking forward to going to the beach.

Update: Laurie snapped a ton of pictures. Only a few pictures are currently public, but if you are one of our Flickr contacts then you will be able to view them all.

I’ve got a little shopping to do today for Jack’s birthday. It is impossible to believe that our little guy will be five next week, and he will be starting kindergarten next month. Where did the years go?

Millie got her glasses this week — she looks cute as bug. She was excited at first, but the novelty quickly wore off once she realized that she was expected to wear them all the time.

This summer is putting our no-AC lifestyle to the test. We’ve already had more sweaty evenings that we did during the exceptionally mild summer of 2009. I’m sure we will all survive.

Finally I have a couple of minor site updates to report: I’ve added FeedBlitz widget for email subscriptions to my blog updates — RSS just isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Also I’ve opened up the site to search engine crawlers for the first time in years. I’m no longer worried about exceeding my bandwidth limits since most of my media content is now hosted elsewhere (Flickr, YouTube and so on).

Family 4th

larry — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:47:49 +0000

We had a terrific Independence Day. We spent most of the day with the McConnell crew in Delavan. Laurie snapped some great pictures.

Laurie and I decided that the kids were old enough to take in a fireworks show this year. We set up our lawn chairs in Miller Park. The show got started a little after 9:00. Since we had never attended the show, we didn’t know our view would be partially obstructed by trees. Jack didn’t seem to mind — he had blast. Millie began the evening a little restless, and finished it very tired. We got home around 10 p.m., which is a very late night for them.

After sleeping in late this morning, we’ve had a lazy day today. Everybody heads back to work and school tomorrow.

Mmmm . . . cake

larry — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:53:01 +0000

Jack, originally uploaded by larrylaw.

Jack had a wonderfully messy time at his mother’s birthday get-together.

Jack & Millie Update

larry — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:27:21 +0000

Jack has just started his 2nd round of swim lessons. He is showing a lot of progress and looks forward to going to the pool with Mom & Dad.
Jack is still nuts about TV. About all he wants to watch now is Scooby Doo . . . the same episodes over, and over, over again.
Millie will be 18 months old this month, which is hard to believe. Her verbal skills are really picking up. She is now trying to say almost everything that she hears. She has mastered a few short phrases and some two-syllable words. We’re expecting a flood of words and sentences by her 2nd birthday.
Millie had tubes put in her ears last fall. They have really helped her ear infections and she sleeps much better at night.

Classic Jack

larry — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:08:49 +0000

This is what Jack looked like when he was Millie’s age — it is still one of my favorite pictures:

Jack Reviews The Who Live at Kilburn (1977)

larry — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:38:46 +0000

I don’t want to watch this show. It’s too loud.

My Boy Has Good Taste

larry — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:44:10 +0000

“I want to wear a shirt with red birds on it, like Daddy’s”

Jack, October 18, 2008