My sister-in-law Kelsey took Evie on an Auntie – Niece date and asked Evie, “How did you get so big?”
Evie’s response was classic: “You tell me.”
Yup, she’s four!
She’s getting so big its blowing my mind. Don’t get me started on Abby, who is also just turning into a big girl and has all but lost everything that made her a little girl. Being a dad is awesome, but this growing up bit is mind boggling.
A year ago I had just wrapped up a major software release for the biggest client I had (and firmer employer). Abby had just turned 6 and the first grade was coming upon her, but she didn’t know it because Her mom was going to try to call me while I was busy in Las Vegas.
We had to figure out if Abby was going to go to charter school (which we had signed her up for) or stay with home schooling. It was a big decision and one we didn’t take lightly. First grade at Vanguard charter school turned out to go really well for her… More tomorrow.
Abby just asked,”What is St. Patrick’s day?”
Me: An excuse to start drinking after Mardi Gras.
Abby: blank stair.
Jessica: “The Catholics like to do that to their holidays.”
I’m pretty sure that some of you will be wondering about now if I have forgotten that there is a wife and two daughters and a sister-in-law that are part of my life. I love them dearly, but basically since the beginning of the year we’ve been either sick or traveling or both. I need to force us all into the same room and force us all to make ridiculous faces so that we can have a picture to post so that those who are more distant will see more closely how crazy we are in digital form.
I love my family and to my knowledge we’re all healthy, Abby’s school is going well as is her dance class and Jessica is starting Evie in gymnastics on Monday next week. I’m not sleeping tonight (I’ve been up since about 3) for no apparent reason, but I figured I’d take a stab at putting information on this blog that folks might also read.
While I haven’t blogged a lot lately I am posting weird bits on Twitter and you can follow some stuff (and repeats of what’s on Twitter) on Facebook. Just for fun here are some updates from Twitter that I posted last week on a business trip:
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: listening to some hip hop bit at the airport. White & nerdy indeed [weird al reference].
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: customs had *4* sitting employees not open. they were chatting whilst we stood by.
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: Toronto International better deliver on some cheese after this rat maze.
Canada, you get an “eh” for effort.
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: applebutter BBQ sauce for the gigantic win. [seek this out]
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: “These are our dog’s and ponies.”
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: dog & pony show went well. They want to use a few one trick ponies in another movie.
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: if we catch the rabbit down this trail I’m totally cutting its foot off for luck.
Kevin & Randy’s excellent adventure: note to self disable EVERYTHING but PowerPoint. Kills bings, bongs, & popups.
All of those “Tweets” [and more!] were done while on a trip with a great guy, marketing director, and handy travel companion, Kevin. I’d tell you more but I’d have to grill you.
Last night our little baby girl puked up everything that could possibly have been contained in her gut and probably her left leg. Jessica and I both got to help clean up puke on beds, floors, pillows, blankets and surfaces that I didn’t know could get puke on them. Evie was volatile and while I’d love to make jokes so that we could all laugh, it broke my daddy heart.
Jessica was an amazing wife and let me stay in bed on multiple ocassions. She soloed some of the cleanup herself. Then, this morning Abby got up with a cold and cough. Hopefully this morning small doses of various things will help them both. I love my family and this was not the return from a short trip to TX that I had hoped for 🙂
Abby wrote the following for school:
I wish I had 100 bees.
I wish I had 100 boys
I wish I had 100 tires
But I’d never want 100 spiders.
I’m so in trouble.
Sorry to not have posted in some time. I am alive and we’re all better from the sickness. I’ve been working long hours for the last couple weeks to help several clients get things done. Still have lots more hours to put things into play like they need to. Right now here’s what’s going with the family immediate and extended:
Jessica: well and working hard as usual on all of the fun stuff
Abby: doing pretty well at school and we’re working on Bible verses and such in the mornings. She’s precious and I love her dearly.
Evie: continuing to blow us away with how she’s growing and learning. She amazes me and I love her. Her cuteness makes me wonder how I will ever get away with not owning several guns and a surveillance system when they get older. Also looking into splice wire.
Kelsey: Working. Many, many hours of working. Also, rocking the auntie position.
Dad (Vern): in Uganda on a missions trip. Keep up with his doings (a few days left) here: nancypeterman.wordpress.com.
Nancy (and Becky & Nadia): in California with various relatives and friends.
Also: you rock for sticking around.
Today is Friday. The day after Thursday, which is the official day of thankfulness around here, but since my posting is as consistent as a politician in a tough week of financial news, I’m just going to post a bit of thankfulness today.
One Set of In-Laws are in town and I’m thankful for them. They really are swell folks and I’m enjoying the time with them.
My mom had her birthday Wednesday – she’s a great mom, and I’m thankful for her a lot.
Abby is growing up a lot the last couple weeks. We put her into a charter school program and we really, really like it. I’m thankful for her
My sister-in-law who is living with us constantly makes us smile. She’s a blessing and we hope that we can get some more time with her before she finds a scad of friends and leaves us in the dust 😉
Time with friends. We’ve also had some friends over in the chaos of the last few weeks and enjoyed their company.
Time with family. My brother’s family came into town a few weekends ago and I’m finally getting to blog about it in tiny micro-bits: We love them and had a great time. Pictures should be forthcoming some time this year.
One of the women’s olympic swimmers competed first in 1984. I watched those olympics. I told my girls that I watched those olympics. Abby replied, “But they didn’t have TV a long time ago. You couldn’t have watched it.”
I guess that makes me old 🙂
The girls were being cute for me at the school playground.
