avablog

One room in his house was full of dusty clocks. There were tall grandfather clocks and round wooden ones. Mantel clocks and small alarm clocks. There was even a cuckoo clock with a tiny brown-and-white bird. And they all were set to go off at the same time, in a cacophony of chimes, dings, bongs, [...]

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Ava’s going to be Star of the Week at her school soon. In preparation, she gets to have Geoffrey the Giraffe at home with her for a week. Our job is to take pictures of Ava and Geoffrey as they pal around together. Prior to the Star of the Week stint, then, we’re supposed to [...]

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My beloved SIL was, I hear, distraught when she learned we didn’t have a baby book underway for Emmett. I understand that this is a sensitive subject for Rachel, the second child, whose own baby book consists of a first page announcing her birth followed by page after blank, infuriating page of nothing. Were you [...]

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This blog is hardly useful (fun?) if we (read: I) don’t use it to present information about our kids’ development. Emmett’s going through some changes, so I thought I’d share.

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Listen, we’re friends, OK? And if you like the Charmin ads featuring the adorable bears running around, picking clingy pieces of TP off each others’ asses, that’s fine. Just don’t tell me about it. I don’t want to know. I don’t want that information to color our relationship. Let’s just agree to disagree at the [...]

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If you haven't seen District 9 (I liked it better than The Hurt Locker), you're missing out on one of the best acting performances of the last couple years.  The lead, Sharlto Copley, provides an incredibly plausible and forceful portrayal of a man turning into an insectoid alien.  If there's an emotion he doesn't convey [...]

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All Emmett, all the time. That’s my boy….

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Leah pointed out upon viewing this video in camera last night that I sound like her in it. Oh well. It is what it is. And now, for your viewing pleasure:

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