Category Archives: Family

My Favorite 40th Birthday Party Ever

March 8, 2010 – 3:03 pm

Over the weekend I celebrated my 40th birthday along with a pile of family and friends. The party was terrific — everything I had hoped that it would be and more. Thanks to all who attended and helped to make it such a delightful, memorable time!
I had a magnificent surprise shortly after the party got [...]

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Ghost Killer

November 26, 2009 – 12:04 pm

Liam has continued to show interest in creating computer games. His latest effort is Ghost Killer, a straightforward game where your sole job is to avoid the bullets descending from the top of the screen. He created it (with a little help, though much less than for Cat Maze) in Scratch, MIT’s terrific graphic programming [...]

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Family Update: The Back to School Edition

August 28, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Hi folks! We’re wrapping up our first week of back-to-school now. Highlights so far have included a badly mangled toe (Abigail), a badly ripped pair of shorts (Liam), and a badly stained neck (Maggie). In spite of these bits of trauma, everyone seems to be settling back into the rhythms of academe without too much [...]

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Miscellanea

July 9, 2009 – 10:42 am

Hi Folks! I’ve been a lousy blogger/family chronicler lately. As a partial and entirely inadequate penance for my laxity, here’s a high-level overview of some of what’s been up lately:

The end of school has come and gone, and we’re a third of the way through summer. The kids have been enjoying their break from school, [...]

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Emily’s Birthday List

April 29, 2009 – 8:47 pm

Emily’s birthday is coming up, and true to her artistic nature, she has created a pictorial gift-giving guide:

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Surpassed

December 21, 2008 – 8:13 am

One of my favorite things about being a parent is those sterling moments when I suddenly realize that one of the kids has gone beyond me and done something of their own accord that I didn’t prompt or of which I’m not even capable.
Emily’s artwork has been one of those things for me for a [...]

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2008 Christmas Lists

December 6, 2008 – 12:53 pm

It’s that time of year again! I finally pinned the kiddos down and got them all to create Christmas lists for the benefit of anyone who might care to get them something at this joyous (and slightly avaricious) time of year. Here they are, in descending order of age:
 
And if, by some chance, you’re still [...]

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Random Shiny Things

November 15, 2008 – 10:16 am

Jason Young mocked me recently for not having updated for a while, which, of course, hurt my feelings deeply. (Oh, wait, that’s right — I’m a guy, and therefore don’t have feelings. Sweet!) I’ve not been in a writing frame of mind lately, but do want to keep up with our family happenings. Some recent [...]

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Radio Silence

October 21, 2008 – 7:56 am

Hey, Mouseketeers! Sorry for not writing more lately. While school’s in session, our weeks tend to be busy but homogeneous, and our weekends totally unpredictable, neither of which is much good for the discipline of getting things down on paper (or electrons). Here’s the latest:

After returning from the conference in Springfield (where I had a [...]

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Injuries, Reunions, and New Braunfels

August 29, 2008 – 8:27 am

Hello all! It’s the start of the academic year, and our family has been crazy busy. There are currently seven people living under our roof, and I’m the only one who didn’t return to school this week. Kathy has been very excited to resume her University work, and the kids have been bidding summer farewell [...]

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