February 2010 Archives

A conversation with Jadzia at breakfast the other day. I was wearing my pajamas:

Jadzia: "Oooh, Daddy, I really like your pants."

Me: "Why, thank you, Jadzia!"

(pause)

Jadzia: "Aren't you going to say anything about me?"

There are no teenagers in our house. Still, I just got back from the Ferguson License Office with a newly-permitted driver.

Yoli!

Today she finally took her written test and passed with a 96. (Somehow I imagine we are the only family of 5 (and a half) to go all together to the Highway Patrol offices so mom can take her test)

Now that she has her learner's permit, we'll be hitting the parking lots and getting Yoli comfortable in the minivan. You might want to stay away from Jamestown Mall for a while; I hear it's a good place to practice.

Ludi has a runny nose, and had a slight fever. This certainly isn't as bad as some other bouts we've had over the years. But it's amazing how just a little sick goes a loooooooong way with these girls.

At the end of January we took a trip to the Magic House. It was our first outing somewhere in a while with the girls. They had a blast, but of course it couldn't last long enough for them.

Some recent development milestones:

• Jadzia can read and write! Last week she made up some valentines that we mailed out to family and handed to our neighbors. I spelled the names, and she wrote them out.

• Ludi is singing really well, and she has quite a few songs memorized.

• Josie is walking, and doing some talking and signing. Best of all, she is sleeping through the night -- and she has moved into the girls' room.

Hey, family history buffs and amateur genealogists in St. Louis County!

Get out your library card, and check out an awesome new resource:

ProQuest's Historical St. Louis Post-Dispatch database

It includes searchable full text and full image articles from 1874 - 1922, though there are some gaps.

This is just one of many helpful databases you can search from the St. Louis County Library's genealogy databases page. All of these databases are free, but some (like Ancestry.com or Footnote.com) require you to search from within a library branch. But this Post-Dispatch database can be searched from home!