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What definitely reminds you of your childhood? Yes, the flea market.
Mar 9th
Today my wife (Karen) needed to get a music record for a piece of artwork. So we headed over to the local Flea Mall or whatever you call it.
It’s one of those stores that run a flea market all of the time in an old grocery store. Though I don’t think that explains why the place smelled like fresh cut potatoes.
Anyway, walking through places like this always remind me of my childhood because of the old crap that’s always for sale.
Travel Pooh?
Sep 11th
Karen and I were going through some old boxes yesterday and I saw something that I hadn’t for years. Karen pulled it out of the box and said “Look, it’s travel Pooh”.
My daughter (Allyson) had two Winnie the Pooh bears, a large one and a small one. Whenever we would leave she would always grab the small one because she wanted to hold it while in the car. After a few times of that happening the phrase “Travel Pooh” was coined.
From that point forward we would say don’t forget your travel Pooh.
It’s funny, I probably used that phrase every day for a couple years and then all of the sudden it’s been a couple years since I had even heard it.
Sometimes I’m annoyed because I know I’ve forgotten stuff that meant a lot to me. And I have no idea what they are.
My daughter’s conversation with an important Baptist figure.
Apr 8th
My wife (Karen) and daughter (Allyson) went to a Choices for Women Annual Banquet today. They arrived early because Rose, the center’s Executive Director, picked them up on her way.
Allyson always likes to sit in the center row up front. When others began to arrive, they grabbed a couple drinks and sat down. A woman Karen’s knows from church was sitting at the table behind us and began talking to her. Karen was turned around and didn’t notice when the seats across the table from Allyson and hers were taken. When Karen finished talking with the woman, she turned around to find Allyson talking with the gentleman that sat across from her.
He was in his late 50’s and well dressed. He didn’t appear to be with family. Allyson didn’t have a clue who he was. Karen introduced herself and extended her hand, which he shook, but he didn’t tell her his name. He told her he had been having quite the conversation with Allyson. He mentioned they talked about homeschool and he thought she was very mature and ladylike.
We were interrupted by the blessing prayer and everyone was invited to the buffet tables. Allyson and Karen went for something to eat and brought it back to our table. During dinner, the man continued to talk to Allyson. He showed her his cufflinks which were a gift from our current president. He explained to her that he was just with George W. on March 23rd giving his opinion on immigration. That’s the kind of thing he does.
Promptly after dinner, the man was introduced from the podium as the keynote speaker for the evening, Richard Land, President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
That’s my girl ;-)
Sep 23rd
My daughter just left for the American Girl store in Chicago with my wife her friend and daughter. They’re going to be there over night and do stuff, my daughter is extremely excited.
When they were all in the car only seconds from leaving my daughter said “Momma, can I bring my computer?” I just started laughing. I’m so proud.
Allyson’s first wreck on her new bike.
Apr 28th
I knew it would happen I just didn’t know I would be partially to blame.
We were riding together on Monday and I noticed she didn’t have good riding shoes, the ones she was wearing were too slick so I suggested we would get some the next day.
I forgot.
So yesterday when she was riding she stood up on her peddles and her left foot slipped off. She then proceeded to fall to the left on the side of her knee and spraining her thumb. Her thumb turned blue and her knee is scrapped pretty good. Her bike has some scratches but it’s a bike, who cares.
So when I got home yesterday we went and got her some new shoes and she was back on that bike within minutes, standing up and everything.
It’ll take her knee about two weeks to heal but I’m annoyed with myself, if I had taken care of the shoes when I noticed I could have at least avoided this from happening.
Allyson’s new bike.
Apr 20th
The girl had outgrown her 16″ bike and it was time to get her a new one.
I picked it from Toys-R-Us yesterday and assembled it after Allyson (my 8 year old daughter) had gone to sleep. No one makes a decent girls bike so I bought her a boys 20″ freestyle bike.
Consideration for the Mongoose and Schwinn stopped not because they were 50% more expensive but because they were heavier.
The bike was easy for me to assemble (I have a history with freestyle bikes), what took the longest was removing all of the stickers of barbwire it had on it. And it was a lot.
The bike specs: Dynacraft-Rhino single speed BMX bike (not normally my first brand choice but had lots of good reviews at Amazon), 20″ Aluminum frame (only a few pounds heavier than her 16″ bike), freewheel (this is when you can’t use the peddles to brake like on a 10-speed), stem rotor (for spinning your handle bars all the around). I was impressed for $100 and knew that she would probably never push the bike to the breaking point.
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She really likes it and doesn’t seem disappointed that the bike has no feminine attributes. I was showing her how to spin the bars while riding, I don’t think she’s ready for that yet.
FAMILY FUN FEST
Oct 30th
This is something our church does for the community.
http://www.familyfunfest.net/
Lots of fun and the children love it. It’s a lot to do with volunteers only
Allyson’s GAME BOY – Part 2
Jun 21st
Well it turned out the game was very difficult for her and a little for me.
So after spending some time at Amazon.com reading reviews of GBA games I picked Dora the Explorer, The Search for Pirate Pig’s Treasure.
It’s been much more enjoyable for her, she’s already completed a level and on to the next.
