Broken Window

We've had our first broken window.

Sometime, and we have no idea when, SKGP was standing on a stool jiggering her radio, and she must have slipped and ran into the window. We found it last weekend when looking at some deer on the hill.

Only the inner pane broke, but it broke into several large jagged chunks. Fortunately, they stayed in the window and didn't cut off her arm.

I would've bet the Boy would have been the first to break a window.

Wild Blue Yonder

We're getting a plane.

The other week, my company's principal suggested we get one. Dad has always been reluctant to do something like this, since it might crash. But, we've been driving around this state a crazy amount, so it makes a lot of sense.

The plane is from Cirrus and it is very high tech. It has a built in parachute for the entire plane and airbags and all the latest radar and avionics stuff to keep us safe.

Ours should be here around the end of the month. DMP and I will begin working towards our pilots' licenses soon, too.

Snow

It's snowing at the PaceHouse right now!

I hope that it will stick around until morning, so that the kids can play in the snow for the first time in their lives. Even if it isn't here, it'll be at my parents for sure.

I can think of two other times in my life when it has snowed in the Valley, and the paper claims that the last time it happenend was in 1970.

MRI music

I had an MRI the other day. It is very loud in the tube, even with earplugs. The noise is regular. My brain tried to turn it into something ordered ... I was hearing music and chanting.

that's real industrial music.

Now this is a much better use of an MRI...

Things to Remember

EJP named his giant giraffe Tico, after a character on Dora the Explorer. Hearing him recite Brown Bear, Brown Bear last year was one of the cutest things ever. His teddy bear is named Bear Bear and his elephant / blanket is Ella, as in the book Ella the Elegant Elephant. He talks with his hands. I like reading Go Dog Go by PD Eastman with him; we used to read Giggle Giggle Quack all the time, and he'd say "It's for you, Bob."

In the family room of our house in San Jose before EJP was born, SKGP and I used to build cool towers out of those big legos. She used to watch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs all the time, and one day she sang Someday My Prince Will Come in the van and it was stunningly adorable. Her beloved dollie was named Rosie, but she was lost at Target in east SJ. Her favorite TV show is Dragon Tales on PBS. Sometimes I would fall asleep on the floor by her crib when putting her down on Mondays, when RCP was at choir. Before E was born, we would watch Jeopardy! most nights. SKP started to answer"What is a giraffe?" to many questions. She was right once. She also got some Disney questions right. I would say she was about 2 at the time.

the snappi, the elastic clip to hold cloth diapers on with claws on the ends of its three arms. taking out the bag of diapers, in a big blue bag with holes in it and throwing out the front door.

the first time skgp got out of her crib (when I was home alone with her) -- thump. getting my little ponies at toys r us in sunnyvale.
say what I say everynite.
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Hawaii Bound

We're off to Maui tomorrow. Hooray!

Completed Book: A Short, Sharp Shock

I just finished reading A Short, Sharp Shock by Kim Stanley Robinson. It wasn't a great book, but it was short. (2/3/06)