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Bird Watching

Feeding the birdsWhat to do with old stale bread?  Feed the birds!  After lunch each day Vangie will help Kai and Nora to break up any bread crumbs and crusts that we have and throw them in the backyard for the birds.   They then retreat inside and watch the fun as the birds swoop in and have a snack.

Bird Watching

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January 21, 2008

Every night after we go for a walk (now that it is a little warmer) I get out my cold pack and lay down on the living room floor to ice my back.   Last night Nora climbed up on my chest, gave me a great big hug, and let out a big sigh.  It was very touching for a father.  Crystal managed to catch it with the camera the second time she did it.

After I got up to put the ice pack back in the freezer Kai and Nora both laid down where I had been and Kai announced “Look Dad, we are icing our back also.”

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A Cold Snap

We’ve had a cold, rainy, windy last few days and, yesterday when the wind stopped, it got even colder. I know that 40F 36F doesn’t sound that extreme (and it feels strange calling it cold after so many years in Minnesota) but with the moist air and the wind it does feel pretty extreme.      Nora and Kai don’t seem to mind it though and we have to sometimes struggle on the jacket issue. Nora likes to wear a hat (unlike Kai at this age) but she also likes to look at the hat so she’ll frequently pull it off to look at it and then set it back on her head. It falls right off as soon as she moves because she’s too small to actually fit it on, it is just balanced there.

Vangie got Kai a Spiderman pullover which he loves and wants to wear everywhere.

While Kai is sometimes annoyed that Nora can’t really play with him yet, Nora adores Kai. She calls him Bruhr (one syllable-her word for brother) and always wants to be doing whatever it is he is doing. The picture in this post really captures that.