things archie says

just after turning two archie's word count took off and this kid is practically speaking in complete sentences at this point. it is wild and also very, very adorable to listen to his little voice. here are some of his dictionary entries: gagi = either of the gagas [aka grandmas] oat milk = oatmeal daddy cereal = any sugary cereal rock 'em dig 'em = rock-a-bye baby glubs = gloves dollar city = silver dollar city merry christmas tree = merry christmas and these...

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jack is six

these are ten of the things we love about you: 1. you love tickle snuggles and request them often 2. the way you pay attention to the world around you and notice beautiful things 3. how well you play with and care for archie 4. you love eating a big bowl of raisin bran for breakfast and drinking the milk after 5. the enthusiastic way you pretend to be a dinosaur [with a significant amount of roaring involved] 6. how you always hide and try to scare dad when he comes...

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anniversary number twelve

we definitely cut it close this time, but still managed to have a little celebration.on the weekend of our anniversary, the kc master piecers returned to st. paul for the second year, this time with a full four person team, but we left our cheering section in kc. so while donald was home entertaining jack and archie i was in the thick of the individual and pairs competitions. once those wrapped up julie and i headed to the airport to watch a very stressful afc championship game in two different...

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