a lazy artist, a sci-fi geek (science not fantasy, so space ships not elves), a Pacers / Lions fan, a writer, a former journalist, an art collector, an investor, and all-around former bad ass who's grown soft and content.
Ella has become my partner in the Deuce Vending business we started up last year. She loves to stack the quarters and put them in the coin wrappers. (Even though banks nowadays just bust them out of the wrappers when you take them in – I think Ella would not be happy if she saw […]
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We took the girls to Bounce Mania the other day and it was a lot of fun. Bounce Mania is a huge room filled with inflatable bounce houses, obstacle courses and slides. Of course in our typical modus operandi we realized half way there that Ella was wearing sandals without socks, which are required to […]
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How do you know when your three-year-old might be watching too much television? When she comes up with her own commercial! Today Erin and Ella visited me in my office so they could act out the commercial Ella came up with. Here is the script: ERIN: “Oh, no. I spilled spaghetti sauce on the carpet. […]
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This weekend was very relaxing and family-focused, we spent a lot of time out of the house doing stuff. The first trip was strawberry picking at a farm in Leo. Ella loved it, she was very deliberate about which strawberries she would pick and which ones she would not put in her bucket. Just as […]
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Big sis Ella, giving Eva her first swing down at the park. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] (It was also Erin’s first video shot and sent via email from her phone, pretty good quality I would say, […]
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Ella is always begging me to play some of her favorite YouTube videos. We have found quite a few interesting videos on there, but this is by far her favorite: Here are two more of her faves:
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Driving the girls out to their grandparents the other day, I decided to get Ella’s attention by rolling down her window. And for the first time, she felt the simple joy of holding her hand out the window and letting it blow in the wind. It was a sweet moment, and I instantly recalled all […]
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Ella has been watching Jungle Book lately, and while she clearly hasn’t learned all the words yet, she still enjoys singing the hit song, Bare Necessities. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]
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Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Ella. One day she went out and picked a pretty flower. She did not know that a monster was hiding behind the tree, watching her. Ella went home and her mommy helped her put the pretty flower in a vase. But that night the monster […]
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