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everybody loves rabold everybody loves rabold monday april 4 2016 misty water colored memories ava holding up brody s tags ohhhh this will be a great way to remember brody when he dies posted by helen at 10 17 pm life goals ava february 18 2016 gabby told me that you need to be really strong to have a baby so i don t want to be strong because i don t want to be pregnant if i marry a woman i m gonna make her be pregnant and then i m going to tell her to get really strong and tell her to go to pound helen s workout class posted by helen at 10 15 pm sunday april 3 2016 james s winter wonderland in case you re curious this is the amount of snowfall that cancels schools and offices for two full days posted by helen at 8 57 pm january 2016 from the looks of this month s pictures it seems we did nothing but eat cake donuts chocolate croissants and cupcakes and thinking back on the month that may very well be true we started the month out with a winter wonderland party which was really a belated birthday party for james for a family that s pretty low on motivation we went oddly all out for this one we bought 80 yards of white tulle if that gives you any sense of things in his excitement it appears james lost control of his icy magic and froze the kingdom we awoke to a snowstorm which in these parts is a once a year if that phenomenon james and his guests all dressed in their princess best and we danced the morning away in the icy ballroom later in the month we celebrated ava s 7th birthday with a gymnastics party right now gymnastics is one of her favorite pastimes and at this point she can cartwheel like a romanian four year old january 2016 posted by helen at 8 19 pm december 2015 december 2015 posted by helen at 7 34 pm november 2015 november 2015 slideshow posted by helen at 7 32 pm friday march 4 2016 october 2015 october 2015 album posted by helen at 9 50 pm september 2015 september 2015 album posted by helen at 9 48 pm monday february 29 2016 august 2015 august 2015 album posted by helen at 11 41 pm sunday february 28 2016 july 2015 july 2015 album posted by helen at 11 39 pm saturday february 27 2016 june 2015 june 2015 album posted by helen at 11 37 pm friday february 26 2016 may 2015 may 2015 posted by helen at 11 35 pm thursday february 25 2016 april 2015 april 2015 posted by helen at 11 33 pm wednesday february 24 2016 march 2015 march 2015 album posted by helen at 11 32 pm tuesday february 23 2016 february 2015 february 2015 album posted by helen at 11 30 pm monday february 22 2016 january 2015 january 2015 album posted by helen at 11 28 pm sunday february 21 2016 december 2014 sail away from your kids a couple of years ago our good friend laurel proposed a crazy idea charter a sailboat in the british virgin islands in honor of her 40th birthday aside from being able to celebrate laurel s occasion the idea presented a unique opportunity for us because laurels 40th birthday is wonderfully timed mere weeks from our 10th wedding anniversary since we took our honeymoon in the bvi this seemed like it was meant to be of course this was a no kids vacation and we were frankly pretty excited about taking a vacation without children that is until he actual vacation arrived and we realized what a crazy idea it really was to take a 9 day vacation away from the kids some tears were shed on the way to the airport but then we transitioned into vacation mode all told we spent 7 days sailing our 50 foot sailboat thoughout the islands we spent a few hours each day sailing to that day s destination and then we spent the rest of the day snorkeling lying on the beach stand up paddle boarding and drinking painkillers the local specialty cocktail like the champs that they are rod and sue moved into our house for the week to take care of the kids we really couldn t have done anything like this without them though we still feel a little guilty about our week without responsibilities after all it s been 3 months and james is still asking why did you leave me but we re so glad we did it happy 10 years to us december 2014 album posted by helen at 11 23 pm monday december 1 2014 november 2014 posted by helen at 9 06 pm tuesday november 4 2014 jamesie turns 3 this year has been a more challenging year than the first two for parenting james somewhere between two and three james decided to start exerting his own opinions though this i m sure is all positive news for the adult he will someday become we can t help but pine away for the easier days of doe eyed innocence and compliance james seems to be just emerging from his collapse on the floor tantrum phase won t miss that thank you very much and is fully immersed in a world of questions and things that are dupid a word he recently adopted in a cunning response to our request to stop using the word stupid dupid or not james is still a sweet little muffin to us here s what you need to know about james at three james only stops talking to breathe and sleep there simply aren t enough answers in the world to satiate james at his last weigh in james was 36 lbs james is currently the height on an average of a u s 5 year old height predictors have him coming in at 6 3 as an adult james s love of muffins has evolved into a love of baking he helps helen in the kitchen every time she bakes jamesie poo is skinny everywhere but his cheeks which are still perfect for kissing he has the exact same laugh as ava one of our favorite things is to get them both laughing at the same time so we can hear their giggles in stereo james is a pretty jokey kid and can be joked out of most major meltdowns with some comical rhyming just after he turned 3 we finally transitioned james out of his crib unlike other toddlers he showed absolutely no interest in escaping but ava was starting to injure herself dragging all 36 lbs of him over the crib bars in the morning so we felt it was time to give that boy some freedom james s third birthday brought potty training another issue we had to force because of his lack of interest he may just have worn diapers to college if we hadn t stepped in this boy has a mean cowlick it s presenting a challenge to the haircuts at home model helen has instituted james eats four bowls of cereal every morning at this point it s an addiction ava and james are best friends it s the cutest not that they always get along mind you but they never stay mad very long james responds to crisis with violence biting hitting and head butting have made an unfortunate comeback by proximity alone ava is the most frequent victim recently we heard her trying to reason with him james you ve gotta stop you ll always be my brother and i ll always be your sister but you ve gotta stop after a long term breakup with water james has finally found the love again he s starting swim class in january ava and james spend their entire quite time together playing make believe james is always baby fiona and ava is always his mom crystal as a result helen has been renamed other mama and is none too pleased with the demotion james remains an avid reader and stays interested throughout 70 page books aside from cereal and other similarly colored foods james really doesn t like to eat anything at all brian sings james clementine as his bedtime lullaby every night as mentioned james loves to rhyme and thinks his habit of changing the first syllable of all of his words is pretty hilarious posted by helen at 10 03 pm monday november 3 2014 james and friends after dedicating a blog post to ava s elementary school it only seems fitting that we do the same for james s school like ava did in her younger days james attends childroots center for young children it s a hippie dippie school that shuns plastic toys and embraces wooden objects as invitations to play character books and clothing are strictly forbidden a convenient rule that has gotten us out of buying many a disney princess dress for ava and one i hope will prove as useful in avoiding marvel comic themed tees for james they have no cozy coupes in the play yard nor swings nor jungle gyms instead they have bark chips scooping tools empty milk crates planks of wood paint and chalk while most of the day is free wheelin james s class is moving into a few structured activities to prepare them for their transition to preschool next year one of those is circle time in which the primary care providers the lovely ashley and brittany prompt the kids or friends as they call them with a question each day lately the class has been laser focused on muffins so this has lead to a month long exploration of baking each day they bring in a new ingredient and have the kids investigate and reflect on its properties but james has been laser focused on muffins his whole life i m your muffin mama he asks me each day so he started off the unit boasting an unexpected level of expertise nailed it attaboy childroots is a self proclaimed arts and science school so they have a unique introduction to arts through the younger years the friends don t even get to lay eyes on traditional art materials until year three the first two years are dedicated to introducing in a very orderly fashion dry and later wet materials for the kids to experience during sensory time bit by bit they advance to their first art material blue paint at which time they strip the kids down to their roos and present them with a group canvas to have at it after three years of waiting james was less than impressed and opted to watch the other kids go all tribal while he stood to one side and kept himself prim proper and unpainted he ll stick with his books and puzzles thank you very much posted by helen at 9 14 pm older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2016 17 april 6 misty water colored memories life goals james s winter wonderland january 2016 december 2015 november 2015 march 2 february 9 2014 28 december 1 november 4 october 3 september 1 august 2 july 2 june 4 may 5 april 3 february 3 2013 52 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