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Afton 3: Super Afton punches evil in the face!
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Afton’s Second Year: The Sequel
We celebrated Afton’s second birthday yesterday, so it is time to release the sequel to Afton’s First Year: The Movie. Here is the highlight reel, or Afton’s Second Year: The Sequel.
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P.S. Ethan wanted credit for doing the movie’s title screen.
The Wounded Phoenix
“We’re going to die! We’re going to die!” The fatalistic exclamation could hardly compete with all of the alarms and alerts wailing on the bridge. Adding to the chaos was a flickering lighting system and orders being shouted without regard for the established chain of command. Even though two of the officers were my sons, I smiled a little as I watched over the remote video feed. Maybe death would be educational.
Afton’s First Year: The Movie
Believe it or not, our little Afton is already more than a year old. The cliche is that you take a million pictures of your first kid, a bunch in the middle, and fizzle out when the youngest kid shows up. I think I might be doing the opposite. Maybe the gap between Gerrit and Afton makes me like a first-time parent again, gushing over the cuteness of my own offspring, as evidenced by all the videos posted on Sparks. Continuing that tradition, we proudly present Afton’s First Year: The Movie.
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Measuring Spoons
According to Mary Poppins, a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. It doesn’t do much for Afton to help the baby food go down. In fact, forget the medicine; even straight sugar won’t go down if it is presented on a spoon. Continue reading “Measuring Spoons”
What’s So Funny?
The book What to Expect the First Year, begins each chapter with a disclaimer, “All babies reach milestones on their own developmental time line. If your baby seems not to have reached one or more of these milestones, rest assured, she probably will very soon.” Then they give a list of what is typical for a two-month old. Like any self respecting woman I base my job skill on Afton’s accomplishments. She’s no typical baby; I’m sure all the singing, diaper changing and middle of the night feeding have made her a super baby able to leap other two-month-olds in a single bound. Continue reading “What’s So Funny?”