Day #574 (Sun., July 31, 2011) – Katie Sees A Train

Katie has been sleeping with the penguin doll that Aunt Becky (from UNC) gave us as of late.  You can see a photo to the right. It was raining like mad all day today. Guess we won’t be taking Katie outside today. I did go out on the patio with her and put a few [...] Read more »

Day #573 (Sat., July 30, 2011) – The Jump Zone

We did a Skype with my mother this morning. Katie was busy running around and keeping my mother busy following her. I showed my mother the scribbler flash cards we made and Katie went through the various pictures. As usual, she got stuck on the “sun” picture and that was as far as we got. [...] Read more »

Day #572 (Fri., July 29, 2011) – Katie’s Rocking Horsey

I nailed some white composite trim around the screened in porch this afternoon. Now the netting is trapped by the moulding and it will certainly keep all the bugs and flies out. It was very, very hot…not the best time to do this. They say that today may beat the all-time record in terms of [...] Read more »

Day #571 (Thu., July 28, 2011) – Toddler Utensils

It’s our babysitter’s birthday and we gave her a gift card to this bead shop that she likes. My wife asked me to stop off at Toy’s R Us today and pick up a set of toddler utensils for Katie (see photo to the right). She is a big girl now and needs to have [...] Read more »