Category: More about you
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On Boys Week
Boys, Today is Wednesday and we’re on the back nine of #BoysWeek. Once again, I don’t know if by the time you’re old enough the read these posts if the #hashtag trend will not be a thing, in which case you might be confused. Like, Dad, why did you sometimes put a tic-tac-toe symbol in…
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On Toddler Parkour
Koen, I’d say as of about a month ago, getting you up in the morning and getting you up from naps has looked a bit different. Your mom and I will be laying there and hear the “uh-uh-uh-uh” noise that compliments the excessive bouncing you do to psych yourself up for the day. We’ll check…
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On Kindergarten
Reagan, There are a few things that happen during your childhood that I think are “big deals.” I would never have told you, but when you turned 5 — long pause + big sigh — it really wasn’t that big of a deal. There are other things like riding a bike or learning to swim…
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On Summer ’23
Boys, I’ve said this before, but I think sometimes posts don’t need to be anything more than “this is what your life was like in this moment in time.” So, this post will hopefully be a snapshot of what you’re both into and some of the fun things we’ve done recently. I’m writing this in…
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On Soccer
Boys, By the time you read this, you’ll know that soccer isn’t my main squeeze when it comes to sports. I played a few years when I was a little older than you, Reagan, but my bag was always baseball, golf, and (watching) football. That said, when push came to shove, I did take up…
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On Reagan’s Only Child Trip
Boys, This one will be mostly about Reagan because this past week, we dressed you up like an only child and took you to FLA to see your grandparents. Koen, we had every intention of bringing you too, but you caught a little bug a few days before we left, and we decided to leave…
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On Reagan
Reagan, This one is for you. I think when we’re all older and we look back at this time in our lives, we’re going to remember that I was Koen’s person. With that, he demands a lot of my attention, so I don’t always give you as much of my time as I’d like to…
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On Velcro-baby, Hey-Dad, and Trains
Boys, It’s been a little while so I figured it’s time to check in. It’s summer and your mom and I are currently in French Lick, Indiana. We don’t get a lot of chances to go away without you boys, and while we do appreciate being able to sleep in (I haven’t been able to,…
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On Reagan’s Poop-Phase
This isn’t an easy topic to cover, but sometimes you have to call out your own son on some sh…
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On Koen is Almost One!
Koen, As I write this, we are about 12 days away from your first birthday. It’s crazy to think about all the stages of this past year. But just so you have something to reference, here they are: STAGE 1: ‘So this is what all those sounds I heard from in there is all about’…
From Ryan to Reagan and Koen 