Myra is a Baby Bumblebee!

No Surprises Here...

You Spread a Lot of Holiday Cheer

During the holidays, you represent the true spirit of Christmas. You give freely, and you enjoy this special time of the year. There's a good chance that you spread cheer every time of the year... not just during the holidays. You're kind, upbeat, and generous. Anyone who crosses your path is lucky.

Do You Spread Holiday Cheer?

Blogthings: Waste Time at Work!

Fall Is In the Air...

Definitely cooler today. Went for a short run and you can feel the coolness, although it is definitely very humid out! After really doing a great job in the past few weeks with sticking to my training, after the 8 miler last week, I think I may have had a stress fracture in my left foot. I did a lot of icing and heating this past week, did not run, and ran for the first time today. Just a short run, and did not feel any pain...I did overcompensate for it, so we will see how I wake up tomorrow.
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Fun weekend with the girls! Lucy's birthday is coming, and then CHRISTMAS!!

Our Blog

Just a quick little Wordle showing the most common words on our blog. The larger, the more they are used. Definitely not surprised to see the Love of My Life largest!

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http://www.wordle.net

More Lucyisms...

So more about Lucy this time...

Bobboli--no, not the pizza, but our cat (Barnaby)

Phobo Albums! (-:

And we have this little rock with some inspirational quote on it. I saw Lucy carrying it around one day, and watched from afar to see what she was using it for. Seems, my girl with the great imagination, used it to get into Dragontale land!

Shopping At the Lucy Store

So, as I finished typing the post below, Lucy apparently worked hard to open her new store. As you can see in the picture, she prepared the store, shelves, and arranged her goods. Funny!

New Home for Penguins in Pittsburgh

On our recent trip to Pittsburgh, I took a detour to see construction on the new home of the Penguins. Definitely coming along nicely!

Mr. Mom, Part Deux

Kerry spent a night without the girls for only the second time in five years. Yeah for her! She is attending the Flanigan Girls' Weekend Out at Hidden Lake. So I am hanging with the girls for the weekend. Lots of fun so far. Right now, they have the tunnel built from our bedroom into theirs. Just simple fun, I love it!
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I often wanted to record the Lucyisms and Myraism. They say so many things that make us smile. So I am going to take a minute to do just that!

Up'eee Up'eee-Myra's way to ask to be held. Love it!

En-nat--Whenever you ask Myra how something was (school, snack, treat, etc) and it was 'good,' en-nat is what you hear.
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Now just a cute story. Since they have shared a room, there was only one time we discovered them together--shortly after they began, Myra crawled into bed with Lucy. Until recently. The other day, Lucy crawled into bed with Myra. Reminds me of Christmas Eves where I was up early, and my sister 'contained' me until it was time to wake up.

Mr. Mom On The Scene

Poor little Myra got sick at preschool yesterday. So today I am braving the illness to stay home with her and Lucy. Should be a good day!

Next Up: Pawley's Island

Daddy sat this one out, but the girls, along with Grammie, headed down to South Carolina to visit Mrs. Bestic, Laura, and Baby Kiera.

It's a Jungle Out There...

Or maybe a zoo! As part of our whirlwind PA trip, after Idlewild, we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo. Cole, Nana, and PapPap took us, and we met Aunt Cheryl, Madison, Uncle Gary, and Hope there as well. The girls definitely enjoyed all the animals, but I think they especially liked their buddy Madison. We're hoping to get her to visit for a month next summer! The girls love her!

We Invade Idlewild!

One of our trips this summer was to Idlewild Park in Ligonier, PA. A great, traditional amusement park for kids. The girls were quite excited, and we lucked out. The rain was heavy in the morning, and the forecast showed rain all day, but once we arrived, the sun came out and we experienced a great day.
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Daddy was quite excited to take his girl on the Rollo Coaster, Idlewild's classic wooden coaster. This takes Lucy's coaster count to 2. Next year, Kennywood?? We also enjoyed lots of other things, like the Fishing Pond, Jumpin' Jungle, and all the other things I remember as a boy. Great experience to take my girls somewhere I went. Plus--POTATO PATCH FRIES WITH GRAVY!

Updates Coming Soon...

While on Labor Day vacation, I hope to add a bunch of photos and updates!