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Solitude

Evie said to me this evening, “I just want to leave myself alone.”
There’s really nothing to add to that.

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So Tall

Evie is getting so big now its unbelievable.  She’s doing things with more sophisication and she’s trying really hard to speak clearly about larger concepts like this:
“I’m getting so tall, just like sissy.”
It makes my daddy heart beat with a little bit more sorrow to think that they’re growing up, but with pride because they’re [...]

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They Are Growing So Up

Tonight while going over an alphabet book with Evie we got to the Strawberries (and of course the letter S) and she said, “We have strawberries! They are growing so up!”  Her expression of their getting bigger and ripe is so fun.  She’s growing so up herself.  My two girls sure do bring me joy.

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My Best Fan

This evening, over far too many minutes, I installed a ceiling fan in Evie’s room.  I had to install a support rod with complementary electrical box first.  Insulation fell all over me - I itched then, I’m itching now.  I somehow missed one of the steps in the installation and had to back track to [...]

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Royal Humor

This last Sunday on our drive home from Indiana Evie said something hilarious: “You’re welcome your royal highnesty!”  Highnesty, its a great combo word and I wish I could think of a practical place to use it :)

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