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“knock, knock”

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment on October 28, 2008 | 19 Comments »

Me: Who’s there?
Ava: Boo.
Me: Boo who?
Ava: You don’t have to cry about it.
Thanks to Sara Groves and her Station Wagon CD, Ava has discovered knock-knock jokes. With a repertoire of about five knock-knock jokes, it’s been non-stop entertainment. Non-stop monotonous entertainment.
What’s your favorite knock-knock joke?
We are in desperate need for new material. Seriously people, how [...]

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pig bladder prototype

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment on October 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Ava and I are reading Little House the Big Woods before her rest time. Last week Ava was fascinated (and slightly disgusted) to learn that Pa made a balloon for Laura and Mary out of a pig’s bladder. Of course she needed to know what a bladder was. This led to a 4-year-old anatomy lesson [...]

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on my mind

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment, the ones for fun on September 29, 2008 | 17 Comments »

Phew I have so many little insignificant things to tell you that I don’t know where to start. The trouble with gorgeous weather of any kind is that it calls me outside and offline. And now that I’m online, I can’t think of how to get through all the past post ideas in my brain [...]

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falling for autumn, take two

Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about merriment on September 24, 2008 | 14 Comments »

So as I was saying, I’m falling for autumn or at least this autumn.
The past week and half the temperatures have hung lazily at 75 degrees.

Each day promises to be the last of sundress weather.

And I am powerless to the beckoning of sunshine. I can no more stay inside than I can go outside when [...]

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cokato corn carnival

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment on August 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »

8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:00:15 pm
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30 pm
11:00 pm
Oh Summer, you are tricky with your warm nights and your sun that refuses to go to bed.
It makes us forget too.

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black out

Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about hungryman, the ones about merriment on August 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Remember when I told you about how HungryMan was flinging our friend, Johnny through the water like Indiana’s bull whip. I witnessed this harrowing event through the lens of our video camera. The jetski-dragging-tubing-fool footage has been hiding out our computer for weeks due to the very poor camera work (me).
What can I say? I [...]

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summer love

Posted in the ones about merriment on July 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I love summer.

I LOVE summer.

I LOVE SUMMER!

Did I mention that I love summer?

Because I do.

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my mama met your mama on a blog?

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about friends, the ones about merriment, the ones about the blog on July 14, 2008 | 16 Comments »

Goodbye Online Dating. Hello Online Play Groups.

After months of reading about sweet Julia and thinking, “Oh, that sounds just like Ava” or writing an Ava-antic and receiving a comment about how “Julia does the same thing,” the pint-sized virtual friends met.

My pal MckMama and her sister threw an all-out birthday bash inviting seasoned friends and [...]

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extendo-trip

Posted in the ones about friends, the ones about merriment on July 1, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Back in the day when I rode northbound for twenty-four hours in the back seat of my parent’s station wagon to visit my Minnesota cousins, my Aunt was always looking for ways to keep us here a little bit longer. And she was brilliant at it.
My dad would have just finished playing tetris with our [...]

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soak in the sunshine

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about merriment on June 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The “where were you post” will have to wait. We had such a delicious day yesterday that I can’t think about anything else. The sun is finally seated on his throne over the bright blue sky and we spent our day basking in the warmth of his bright rays. Just take a look.

Ava and I [...]

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