June 28 (Thursday): swam in morning; met nice couple from Massachusetts (visiting their son here); RLF liked them. Went to Dick’s Sporting Goods in afternoon, mainly because we’ve lived here three years and hadn’t been in there before; didn’t buy anything. Barely saw 100°F. June 29 (Friday): swam in back yard, inflatable pool. High of[...]
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Weather: Today, our heat wave was predicted to peak at 108°F. We topped out at 107, which is pretty close. It was 105 or hotter from 2 p.m. till after 7.
Weather: Hit 100°F at 1:30 p.m. Climbed to 103 by 5 p.m. and stayed there a few hours.
Nothing stands out about Friday & Saturday (22-23), other than it was hot (98°F high both days). (In my paper journals, kept from 1987 through 2000, I wrote many notes like this: “unexplained break in dating”, which usually meant that I hadn’t written anything for weeks or months, and my next entry would not mention[...]
The last couple of days, I’ve started to sense that Rebecca’s on the cusp of switching from toddlerhood to childhood.
A few days ago, I mentioned that we’d bought a few items to upgrade/renovate Rebecca’s bathroom, also called “bathroom #2″ or “the hall bathroom”. It’s the one that isn’t the master bath. The transformation occurred Tuesday and Wednesday this week. (Copyright © 2012 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
When I opened Rebecca’s door this morning to see if she was awake, she was standing on her bed in the dark, grinning at me. “Buh!” she said, which is her word for “jump”. She mimicked a jump — she can’t quite get both feet off the ground yet — and landed on her bottom,[...]
(Copyright © 2012 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Rebecca, at our community pool on June 14
Just as we reflect on what we’re thankful for on Thanksgiving, and reflect on green beer on St. Patrick’s day, Father’s Day is a great time to reflect on fatherhood.
This is from a year ago, but I don’t think I ever mentioned it. My wife and I always laugh when reminding each other of this story. We were at the neighborhood playground. Rebecca was drawing on the sidewalk using a white rock to make white lines. Two other girls, probably four and five years[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
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