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  1. Monday, March 11, 2024:
    Easy Photos Day      Guys on the Silver Line, heading to Ballston and back.      Ian mixes and matches some vehicles.      Maia goes to the Baltimore Aquarium with the grandparents.      Maia's new bud, Dolphinita.      New playground in Alexandria #5 of 7000. 
  2. Monday, March 04, 2024:
    List Day: Currently...      Currently listening to...   Formentera II  by Metric.     Currently reading...   Children of Memory  by Adrian Tchaikovsky.     Currently playing...  nothing since last November.     Currently considering buying...  a new couch.     Currently creating...  an online art print shop using OpenCart.     Currently planning...  a permanent migration away from GoDaddy webhosting to AWS for parts of the modest web empire I manage.     Currently watching...   Shogun  and (rewatching)  Fargo, Season Two , both on Hulu.&...
  3. Wednesday, February 28, 2024:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2024  album.       Events   Date Happy Hour at Local Provisions on H 2/1.    Brief visit to Claude Moore followed by family dinner at Miller's on S 2/3.    Maia and Ian went to Fatima's 8th birthday party on S 2/4.    Fire Works Pizza (delivered) for dinner on M 2/5.    Went to the doctor for my annual checkup on T 2/6.    Rebecca got a new car on W 2/7: A 2023 Kia Niro PHEV.    Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on H 2/8.    Family sushi night on F 2/9.    Maia and Ian went to Elizabeth's 5th birthday party on S 2/10. D...
  4. Monday, February 05, 2024:
    Ian Year 2 Month 9 Battle Report  Ian is 3 months away from turning 3. As Einstein theorized, the closer we get to age 3, the longer it seems that age 2 has lastest.     Ian is fierce. He knows exactly what he wants and isn't afraid to raise Hades when he doesn't get what he wants. Related, his emotional IQ is off the charts and he will conclude his tantrums with phrases like "Will you snuggle with me?", "I need to feel better!", "Take care of me!", or "I want to be happy!". He is great at using and throwing away Kleenex, but hates when we have to suction his nose. Even showing him the giant boogers is a non-starter because he'll turn away ("No! I don't want to see that!")   He likes when I make up songs and rhymes (his favourite for ...
  5. Wednesday, January 31, 2024:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2024  album. Also, I have now been doing End-of-the-Month Highlights posts for  10 years!        Events   Maia started a weekly gymnastics class on W 1/3.    Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on H 1/4.    Rebecca took the kids to visit Tom and Peggy on S 1/7.    Family dinner at Fire Works Pizza on H 1/11.    Rebecca and the kids got COVID boosters on S 1/13. Dinner at Kiwa Grill with Tammy and Patrick.    First real snow, M 1/15 - T 1/16, an inch during the day then 2-3 more overnight. Ian and Maia got to go sledding in the common area.    ...
  6. Wednesday, January 24, 2024:
    Maia Year 6 Month 6 Battle Report    Maia is now 6 and a half, halfway to the teen years! She's an absolutely awesome little person. Here are some factual fragments that stand out to me:   ♣ Bunnies are out and cats are in. Maia will sometimes speak more in cat language than English (2 meows is YES and 1 meow is NO).   ♣ She takes good care of Ian and is surprisingly patient with his tantrums. They sometimes play together without adult interaction and I can hear them talking in the other room.   ♣ She has her own style that involves 1 - 2 headbands (usually cat ears), multiple bracelets and her favorite cat-face boots.   ♣ She took a weekly ballet class last year and is now enrolled in ...
  7. Monday, January 22, 2024:
    Weekend Wrap-up     Friday      Woke up to 5 inches of surprise snow and shoveled out the cars.   Worked for 5 hours then went back out for more shoveling and playing with the neighborhood kids.   Rebecca took the kids to Richmond during a lull in the snow.   I took a nap on the couch with Amber, only to be woken up after 20 minutes by Loudoun County Public Schools who notified me by email, text, and call that schools would be closed on SATURDAY.   Had a flat iron steak and a glass of sangiovese at Local Provisions and started the book,  Children of Time  by Adrian Tchaikovsky.   Soaked my snow shoveling muscles in the bath then watched  They Clo...
  8. Friday, December 29, 2023:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2023  album.       Events   Sara came for an overnight visit on S 12/2. Soup night (barley and mushroom) with Sara, Car, and Jordan.    Solo dad dinner at Local Provisions on H 12/7.    Maia went to the grandparents' for the weekend on F 12/8.    Went to a holiday open house at John & Kate's house on S 12/9. Family dinner minus Maia at Best Buns in One Loudoun.    Stayed home while Rebecca and Ian went to church and then Harpers Ferry on S 12/10. Dinner with the grandparents (salmon) in the evening.    Family dinner at Local Provisions on W 12/13.    Li...
  9. Wednesday, December 27, 2023:
    2023 Timeline   A smattering of events from 2023    January :  B    Rode the brand new Silver Line.   Started learning Kotlin.     February :  B    We took a soup cooking class and have since made many soups.     March :  B-    Maia got glasses.   Visited with a lot of the Hicks family.     April :  B    Saw Elizabeth and the Catapult.   Went to Massanutten for five days touring the petting zoo and water park.   Ian turned 2.   I started learning Spanish.     May :  C-   &n...
  10. Monday, December 11, 2023:
    Easy Photos Day    The maximum life span of these dumb Home Depot deer is 2 holiday seasons.      We attend a holiday open house at the home of a model train aficionado.      Maia goes to an Air Force Band concert in DC with my parents.      Cookie season!  
  11. Wednesday, November 29, 2023:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2023  album.       Events   Went to the dentist on W 11/1. Family dinner at Fire Works Pizza.    Date Night at Local Provisions on F 11/3.    Had my parents over for dinner (ham) while Rebecca taught Yoga Anatomy at Easy Day on S 11/4.    A day of raking, fire pit, and outdoor meals on S 11/5.    Breakfast for dinner with the kids at IHOP on M 11/6.    Voted on T 11/7. Also went to the doctor for my annual physical and a tetanus shot.    Ian was sick for a day on H 11/9.    Visit with Tom and Peggy on S 11/11. Made lentil and sausage sou...
  12. Monday, November 20, 2023:
    Easy Photos Day    Playing Twister on a compass rose.      Getting some miles-per-hour.      Interrupting Board Game Arena night with Larry and Janice.      Sunday afternoon fire pit.      Messy marshmallows. 
  13. Wednesday, November 01, 2023:
    Easy Photos Day    Practicing Trick-or-Treat with grandma.      Carving pumpkins obtained from their respective school field trips.      The My Little Pony, Rainbow Dash, and Piggie from "Elephant and Piggie".      Ready for trick-or-treaters. (We probably ended up with about 20).      Warming up by the fire after hitting Hanford Court and Hummer Court.  
  14. Monday, October 30, 2023:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2023  album.       Events   14th anniversary. Family dinner at Bungalow Lakehouse on T 10/3.    Anniversary date night at Local Provisions on F 10/6.    Rebecca went on a Bikes and Beers bike ride with her coworkers on S 10/7.    Low-key sick weekend at home, S 10/14 - 10/15.    Solo dad dinner at Miller's on M 10/16.    Rebecca went to Atlanta with Emily, W 10/18 - S 10/21. My mom came for an overnight visit on W 10/18. Went to the HOA annual meeting that evening.    Went to Frying Pan Farm with my mom and Ian on H 10/19. Maia had her class field trip ...
  15. Wednesday, October 25, 2023:
    Ian Year 2 Month 6 Battle Report  At two and a half, Ian is 35" tall and 27 pounds. (This is where Maia was at  three and a half  so Ian will end up being more normal-sized than bite-sized).     He goes to Kids Under Construction preschool three mornings per week and has acclimated to the experience after several mornings where it felt like pulling teeth for Rebecca to get him to go. He can recite the names of his classmates when he looks at their pictures, and likes the trucks at school most of all.   At home, he loves to build specific things with Duplo blocks. Most often, a bunny office, an airport, or a tower. He likes to make tall stacks of blocks on the backs of Duplo trucks to represent delivery trucks full of packa...
  16. Monday, October 23, 2023:
    Easy Photos Day    Ian heads to Frying Pan Farm with Grandma during Rebecca's 3-day holiday in Atlanta.      Exhausted parenting.      Maia comes home from her Cox Farms field trip with a new pumpkin.      Forest cleanup party of one, along Fillmore Rd, while Ian's at preschool.      Supine parenting.      Rebecca comes home!  
  17. Monday, October 09, 2023:
    List Day: Currently...      Currently listening to...   Cameras & Coastlines & Covers  by Smallpools.     Currently reading...   Lies of Locke Lamora  by Scott Lynch.     Currently playing...   Starfield .     Currently considering buying...  nothing.     Currently creating...  social media posts for the release of the last book in the Wars of Light and Shadow series.     Currently planning...  the logistics of kid care while Rebecca goes to Atlanta next week.     Currently watching...   Black Bird  on AppleTV+.    &nbs...
  18. Friday, September 29, 2023:
    End-of-the-Month Highlights Day  New photos have been added to the  Life, 2023  album.       Events   Visited the Ahlbins in Rhoadsville, VA, F 9/1 - S 9/2.    Took the kids to Volcano Island on M 9/4. Dinner with the parents (spaghetti) in the evening.    Date night at Local Provisions on F 9/8.    Maia did a trial dance class at Sterling Ballet Academy on S 9/9. Went to the native plant sale at Morven Park in Leesburg where we also met up with Aunt Carol and Uncle Dave on their anniversary.    After church on S 9/10, Maia and Rebecca went to the Cheesecake Factory with Elizabeth and Sammy for Aunt Carol & Uncle Dave's anniversary.    Maia ...
  19. Monday, September 25, 2023:
    Easy Photos Day    Maia is really into her educational math game, Prodigy, which she plays on her school-issued Chromebook.      Ian plays "Senor Don Gato" at Sully playground.      Ian and Maia go to a 4th birthday party at the fire station on Saturday morning.      Ian reunites with Abby at the Smith household on Sunday afternoon.      Tropical Storm Ophelia turns out to be a moderate nothing-burger, with only 2.5 inches of steady rain. 
  20. Wednesday, September 20, 2023:
    Tree Removal Day  The maple tree in our front yard came down today by chainsaw.   I don't have many pictures of the front yard from the early years of homeownership. Usually, this tree only appeared in the background of photos showing how much snow we got, when I got a new car, or when they repaved the road. I do remember that it once had full coverage of the front yard in 2004 -- I used to have to rake the front yard multiple times per year, but haven't even done any raking in about a decade.     In 2019 when the tree was in permanent decline, we planted a new maple tree nearby. The new tree sapped the old tree's spirit by shouting "Okay, boomer" and actually being able to grow leaves.     Since t...
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