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The Very Big Christmas Show
Editor’s note: This year, Ludi, Josie, and Joseph all participated in “Miss Kathey’s Academy,” and performed in “The Very Big Christmas Show” in December. All of them did awesome. Josie in particular had a memory she wanted to share: I … Continue reading
Posted in joseph, Josie, life, ludi, photos
Tagged christmas, josie, miss kathey, performance, very big christmas show
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Paddleboating around Post-Dispatch Lake
I’ve lived in St. Louis a long time, but one thing I have never tried is paddleboating in Forest Park. Well, this year Yoli and the kids won some coupons to various Forest Park things, including boat rides! We finally … Continue reading
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Little Creek camp
Editor’s note: this summer, Ludi attended three different camps at Little Creek Nature Area. She learned survival skills, worked with animals, and all sorts of things. Here are some of her memories: One day we were canoeing, searching for a … Continue reading
Building a Lego dot-matrix printer
In June and July, I borrowed the girls’ robotics team Lego pieces and EV3 brain in order to build my own dot-matrix printer. At various FIRST events, I have seen a kid or two who built a printer. I’ve also … Continue reading
Return to the Club
Editor’s note: This summer we spent a few days at the “clubhouse” built by my great-grandparents near Clearwater Lake. It was our first time back there in a few years. Though the lake was very high because of spring floods, … Continue reading
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Tagged clearwater lake, club, johnson shut-ins, piedmont, travel, vacation
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Beginning baseball
Editor’s note: Joseph played on his first baseball team this summer, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, which is located at the end of our street. My dad went to school there long ago when it was called Sts. John and James. … Continue reading
Mister Rogers marathon!
Twitch.tv is streaming ALL 886 episodes of Mister Rogers Neighborhood over 18 days. Amazing! You can watch right now!
Strings attached
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Ferguson offers a program called “Strings Attached” which offers students guitar lessons and the chance to earn a guitar if they stick with the program. A spot finally opened up for Josie this year and … Continue reading
An All-American Christmas
Ludi got her first taste of the theater this year. We enrolled her in a new program at church called “Miss Kathey’s Academy for the Performing Arts.” She spent the last several months learning dances and songs in preparation for … Continue reading
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Tagged all-american christmas, dance, ludi, miss kathey, performance, theater
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K’nex armada
Last year, I built Joseph a U.S.S. Enterprise from K’nex pieces. He played with it a lot, and oftentimes the ship would crash or be destroyed.