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Owen - homework and leaving

We picked up Owen’s homework this afternoon, and he got it done in about 2 hours. He actually felt like he was getting a fever near the end, but he did everything with a smile on his face.
Shortly after, his dad came to pick him up. Even after so many years of doing this, it […]

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Home sick

After the FLL tours yesterday, the cold Owen’s had, which he’s had for almost 3 weeks now, went from mild to pretty bad. This morning he was hacking, coughing, sneezing and sniffing a lot. Last year he didn’t miss one day of school because of doctor visits or illnesses, but today I decided he should […]

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FIRST Lego League Field Trip Extravaganza

Once a month Owen’s school has an early release day where they get out at 12:15pm. Today was the day.
Owen and four of his friends are preparing to compete in FIRST Lego League this November. Because of their early release, Owen’s dad helped arrange two tours for the boys related to FLL. Ed, the dad […]

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FLL Bridge

Owen had a lot of homework tonight so we got to Lego League at about 5pm. Part of their models is a long, fairly complex bridge. It’s done, although it’s not lining up correctly on the Lego mat. Tonight the boys figured out the problem together and fixed it. I’d call it a successful night!

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Visit from mom

My mom came over last night with her dogs, and stayed the night. This morning we hung out, we went out for lunch, then she shopped while I went to work. When Owen was done with school we picked him up, then she and he played a very long card game of War. Grandpa Ricco […]

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Birthday parties

Today we celebrated Lindsay’s 7th birthday and Grandma Anne’s birthday at Michael’s parent’s home. The neat thing was, Michael and I had bought a present for Lindsay, hidden it, and he’d driven it over to their home the night before, so she wouldn’t accidentally see it before we gave it to her.
We had a great […]

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Saturday Scuba, meeting and dinner

Allll four kiddos are here for the weekend. Hooray!
There was a big used Scuba equipment sale this morning at Underwater Connection in Menomonee Falls. Unfortunately, Scuba equipment shopping is pretty boring for kids. While we looked at the goods the kids goofed around (as quietly as possible), first inside the store then outside the store […]

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Self cleaning oven problem

Owen was at his dad’s for the evening, so Thursday night I decided to do the self-cleaning feature on our fairly new oven.  In the morning, I took a look at the oven and noticed the glass top looked odd. On closer examination I could see the glass had a long crack in it, chunks […]

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We have Juggernaut!

A few days of calls, e-mails and waiting paid off. Last night GameStop sent us the code to redeem Juggernaut for the XBox 360 game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
After school today Owen did his homework right away, then I entered his code for him. It worked. Hooray! He’s trying him out now.
If you’re having problems […]

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Wednesday update

School (Owen), workout then work (me). Market Day afterward (yay!)
After that we came home and Owen did his homework while I made him dinner. With his homework done, and dinner eaten, Owen played his new Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 game for a short time while I made dinner for Michael and me. I’d made Owen’s […]

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