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Spending the day with me… from a kid’s point of view… the final chapter…

Posted on February 9, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Hey, as long as I am already balancing on your knees… do that thing where you open them apart, and then grab me right as I start to slide through the gap… I love that thing… Yeah… I’m totally ready… … Continue reading →

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Spending the day with me… from a kid’s point of view… part 2…

Posted on February 9, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Hey… wait… Arthur… you want to see something really cool? Are you ready? Because you are definitely going to want to get pictures of this… wait… let me pick up my blanky… I can walk!!! All by myself!!! I know, … Continue reading →

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Spending the day with me… from a kid’s point of view… part 1…

Posted on February 9, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I am, as I mentioned, babysitting little Olivia this week, the daughter of some friends of ours. I am going to do a quick series of posts using the pictures I took today, to illustrate what it is like to spend … Continue reading →

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Babysitting the squishyface…

Posted on February 8, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So, if you have been around for a while, you probably remember little miss Olivia. She is the daughter of some close friends, and I babysit her when they need me to… like I am doing for four days this … Continue reading →

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Okay, these really are the last pictures from our trip to Arizona…

Posted on January 25, 2016 by pouringmyartout

My younger daughter… not the one who is getting married… took these pictures with her phone when we went and climbed that crazy little mountain in the desert… you know… the one that I had already climbed… in the dark… but … Continue reading →

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My daughter is getting married… sigh…

Posted on January 22, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I know I said that my wife doesn’t want me to post pictures of the kids… but Jessica is an adult now… and she follows my blog… and she said I could post pictures of her… so… My little … Continue reading →

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And sometimes, life is all just about getting poked with a stick…

Posted on January 3, 2016 by pouringmyartout

While we were in the Bay Area for the holidays, we went and saw our Godson, Willie, and his parents, in San Francisco. Willie’s mom was organizing volunteers for another beach cleanup, a thing she is very active in. In the … Continue reading →

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I am going to miss my babysitting gig…

Posted on December 18, 2015 by pouringmyartout

I had such an awesome time babysitting little Olivia, the daughter of some friends of ours. It reminded me of when my daughters were that age… we used to do silly things with socks too… sniff… stupid allergies… When a … Continue reading →

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The last day of my babysitting gig… (or): How to knock out a baby…

Posted on December 17, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Well, the last day of babysitting little Olivia, our friend’s daughter, went pretty well. She has a cold, so she was a little crabby. Now, you might think that she looks crabby in that picture up there… but she isn’t… … Continue reading →

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Gettin’ all Christmassy… part 10… a Christmas story… with Conan the barbarian…

Posted on December 17, 2015 by pouringmyartout

When my daughter Jessica was about 5 or 6, she had a Christmas where she got a lot of gifts that seemed a little too bent on defining her and her role in society… by which I mean she got … Continue reading →

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