Fiona shows off her knowledge of American history on Independence Day. Isn’t she adorable?
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Hi. Not sure what to put here.
This is the first entry of a blog that I will surely be tired of in a couple of weeks. Until then, you are free to enjoy the hum-drummery that I post here.
I’m a recovering blogger who used to devote entirely too much time writing about politics.
Now, I’ve thrown myself head-first into my career in higher education. But, I still wanted a place to go to vent about things personal and professional, as well as share cute videos featuring my offspring.
No, not this Offspring.
Anyway, enjoy. While you can.
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Blogging
While our time spent in the Garden State was just grand, I'm displeased to report that all of the McBrayers got sick. Unbelievable.
Fiona was down first with the bug. She seems to have caught it on our trip down to the shore (possibly at a turnpike rest area or grocery store). She passed it to Holden, who, within a couple of days passed it to Bert. By Wednesday, Melissa came down with the bug as well.
Needless to say, catching the flu on your vacation is not fun. However, we managed to get a week of picture perfect weather (even though we forgot the camera) and were able to enjoy our fun-in-the-sun despite our ailments.
It's good to be back in Hollidaysburg and sleeping in our own beds again.
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Fiona was down first with the bug. She seems to have caught it on our trip down to the shore (possibly at a turnpike rest area or grocery store). She passed it to Holden, who, within a couple of days passed it to Bert. By Wednesday, Melissa came down with the bug as well.
Needless to say, catching the flu on your vacation is not fun. However, we managed to get a week of picture perfect weather (even though we forgot the camera) and were able to enjoy our fun-in-the-sun despite our ailments.
It's good to be back in Hollidaysburg and sleeping in our own beds again.
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Vacation
I know, I know... Melissa is going to kill her husband. =)
Melissa and I enjoyed a great weekend in Lancaster and Doylestown. Congrats to Jayson (Clyde) Walker and his new bride Marjorie. The ceremony was beautiful!
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Pictures
Courtesy of Popeye -- here is a grill that I'm not sure was meant for cookin'...
I hope you have a safe Memorial Day!
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Holidays
Holden is officially done with pre-school. This is a shot of him in the class portrayal of The Three Little Pigs. Holden is Little Pig #2 (hence the shirt).
Nest up: Kindergarten. Oh boy...
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The Boy
The following is a questionairre that Holden filled out at school for 'Mom's Night'... the italicized words are what Holden actually told his teacher to write in the blanks. Enjoy!
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- My Mom
- My Mom's name is Melissa.
- My Mom is 33 years old.
- My Mom is 66 inches tall (that would be 5 feet, six inches).
- My Mom has brown eyes and black hair.
- My Mom's favorite color is purple.
- My Mom's favorite sport is basketball.
- My Mom's favorite tool is garden tools.
- My Mom's favorite song or music is 'flow something'. (a reference to 'Even Flow', by Pearl Jam)
- My Mom likes to watch Heroes on tv.
- My Mom likes to relax by lay down.
- My Mom's favorite place to eat is anyplace that has pizza.
- My Mom's favorite food is pizza.
- My Mom's favorite activity to do with me is any activity.
- My Mom always tells me, 'I love you'.
- I love my Mom because she gives me kisses at night.
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The Boy
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah.... So it appears that I haven't updated everyone in a loooooong time. Sorry about that. We've been working on another project which I'll be announcing here really soon.
Stay tuned...
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Stay tuned...
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But that does not mean that we McBrayers have not been busy!
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Holden is now officially signed-up for kindergarten. He'll be starting at Charles Longer Elementary School in the fall. The school itself is a scant 0.07 miles from our humble abode here in the borough of Hollidaysburg. I will greatly enjoy walking him to and fro -- at least while the weather is pleasant.
We have also enrolled Holden in swimming lessons at the YMCA beginning in early March. We attempted to self-teach him how to swim when we lived in West Milton, but the pool at Bucknell was cold and deep. We are hoping to have much greater success in this newer, warmer and more shallow swimming environment.
Fiona is finally starting to show progress on the potty-training front. Prior to the wicked sickness that ran it's course through the famiy, Fiona had gone nearly a week without wearing any kind of diapers (in the daytime hours). Due to the 'explosive' nature of the stomach bug, it was necessary to regress to daytime diaper usage. This was disappointing, to say the least. However, we have seen great improvement since then. Fiona rarely has a wet Pull-up and I think that starting tomorrow, we may try to get her back into her little girl underwear -- sans diaper. YAY!
Melissa is still loving her work -- but has spent several late nights on campus this week. While she loves to be on campus and see the 'fruits of her labor', she has been tired. I think that it has become clear that we are no longer 18-year-old college kids who stay up late all of the time.
Lastly, we went to church today. I think that we have found our new church home here in Hollidaysburg -- which is extremely pleasing. One of the reasons that we never really felt 'at home' in West Milton/Lewisburg was because we never got involved in the community. Melissa had her work, and I took care of the kids, but we never really 'connected' with anything outside of our family. I think that things appear to be very different here. Both Holden and Fiona had a great time in Sunday School while Melissa and I attended the worship service. We even ran into one of Holden's friend's parents (whose family is also new to the area). Things just felt right.
I guess that's about it for now. I hope anyone who might be reading this is happy and healthy, just as we McBrayers are!
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Church,
Hollidaysburg,
Potty Training,
The Boy,
The Girl,
The Wife