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The kids came up with the idea for this movie. They developed the concept together, rehearsed it twice, and we got it on our first take. My role was strictly as the cameraman, and you can see I didn’t do such a great job with the focus (the camera is new and I’m not used [...]

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Son finished the Eiffel Tower, with some help from his sister.

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Son works on his Xmas gift, the Lego Eiffel Tower set.

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Daughter has been taking up the flute. She practices regularly, and she’s getting pretty good. She knows some good Xmas tunes, and tonight we sat together and sang and played. Son has taken guitar and drum lessons in the past, but he hasn’t stuck with it. However, here he picked up the mandolin and pretended [...]

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My dad had bought this lightweight plane, and I took the kids outside on a mild day to fly it.

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This Thanksgiving my sister and her husband came to visit, and we moved dad’s stuff out of his apartment in his assisted living center, in preparation for his move to a nursing home. We took the kids over to his new place to say hi.

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From Darth Vader and Cindy Lauper.

And Son and Daughter and Abby.

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We picked our pumpkins today.

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Son has been spending hours on a new hobby, making pot holders. He got the materials and patterns from a book “Potholders and other Loopy Projects” from klutz press. Making these has given him hours of pleasure and amusement.

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We just got Son’s Cub Scout uniform. Meetings begin at the end of October.

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