Monthly Archives: March 2011

The World According to Carter

Earlier this week I was outside waiting for the bus with Carter.  I normally don’t wait for the bus in the morning for three important reasons.  First, there are days when I’m still sleeping when the bus arrives.  Second, if … Continue reading

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Puke Fest 2011

This morning at 2:36am, I was awakened to the sounds of Carter saying, “Oh no, no no.  Oh NOOOOO.  Mommy, puke bucket!”  I woke up Tim, ran into Carter’s room with the first thing that I could find that was … Continue reading

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The Class Pet

I have found the secret to having a well-behaved child.  They just need to bring the class pet home from school.  🙂  Carter had the honor of being the first in his class to bring Clifford home for the evening. … Continue reading

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Mr. Stan

Mr. Stan has had a pretty rough couple of weeks.  It started with my bright idea to put Carter in charge of feeding him.  I thought this would be good for Carter (not necessarily the best thing for Mr. Stan) … Continue reading

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Construction

Anyone that lives near Milwaukee is pretty familiar with road construction.  First it was the Marquette Interchange project, now it’s the Zoo Interchange.  Luckily we don’t go into downtown Milwaukee often so these two projects haven’t caused us many problems. … Continue reading

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