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Sharon’s Birthday

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Today was Sharon's birthday, and she had a bit of a surprise done to her car today.[gallery orderby="title"] We finished the day by going to see Shrek with a bunch of friends from the neighborhood. It was a great time!

Julia’s Birthday

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

We celebrated Julia's 4th birthday last week with a little party. We had a bunch of pizza dough, all the kids rolled out their own little pizza, decorated them, and ate their creation. After the pizza, it was time for cake. Julia absolutely loved everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Later ...

Snowmageddon

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

We had our share of Snowmageddon here over the last few days. On the first storm last weekend, we got more than 12", but with the blowing snow, it's hard to tell exactly what we got. This is what it looked like after the storm. The second storm came in Tuesday night ...

Kaitlyn Makes a Pretzel

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

We were doing a little shopping yesterday, and I found a pretzel making kit. It included all the yeast and flour needed. At the time, it seemed like something good for Julia and Kaitlyn to do with Grandma and Grandpa B. Kaitlyn really enjoyed it, as demonstrated by this video. [flashvideo file=http://bastone.org/video/MVI_1091_20091127.flv ...

Back Again

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

After a long absence, I'm going to fire up this blog again. So what's happened in the last couple months? Kaitlyn turned 2 a few weeks ago. We went to the Please Touch Museum for her birthday instead of having a party. But then we ended up having an impromptu gathering anyway. I ...

Julia Draws a Face

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Julia has figured out how to draw a face on her magnetic board. She has always drawn random stuff, but yesterday was the first time she has actually started to draw faces.

Julia “Driving”

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Julia and Kaitlyn have a habit of taking stuff out of the cabinet next to the dishwasher and climbing in. Julia calls it her "car", and frequently tells me or Sharon that she's "going to the store" to get groceries like milk, waffles, or bagels. Today, Julia was doing her thing, ...

Sharon on TV

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Our home builder, THP, laid off all their employees on Monday, leaving us with a half finished community. The local NBC affiliate was in the area yesterday afternoon, looking for people who had placed deposits on houses, only to be left with nothing. (Note to NBC10: they don't live here ...

Conversations With Julia – Part 4

Friday, April 10th, 2009

More gold from Julia... A few days ago, I had given Julia and Kaitlyn their vitamins. They love it; Sharon or I can just say "Who wants vitamins?" and they jump up and down and run to the kitchen. Anyway, I give them their vitamins, and remind them to say "Thank You." ...

Conversations With Julia

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This took place last night. Julia was having a tea party, and Sharon and I were sitting at the (play) table in her kitchen (in the living room). Julia: The A and the T and H all broke! Me: They all broke? Oh, no! Julia: Yeah... it was an awful scene. At this point ...