November 2013
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Everybody was kung fu fighting
I got home from work to hear Namine making kung fu noises. Turns out she found one of my games on the PS3’s hard drive – Invincible Tiger.
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An intense weekend
Actually, just one tent. Geddit?
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Drawing what she knows
Jessica showed me something interesting last night. Namine had drawn her hand on the chalkboard. After doing so, she filled in some details, including the crease of skin between the palm and fingers, and the blood in her veins. I find this fascinating.
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How do you explain anthropomorphism to a five year old?
Today Namine was watching The Three Musketeers (the Mickey Mouse version, not the wire-fu version) and she asked, “Why are all the animal boys and girls dressed like people?” It was not a question we were prepared for coming from a five year old.
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Shooting at Children’s Hospital
I only heard about this when a friend tagged me in a Facebook post about this. He works at Froedtert, but thankfully he was off-campus when it happened. As for us, we didn’t have any appointments at the hospital today, so we were nowhere near.
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Excitement and improvement
Jessica decided that we should name Namine’s palatal prosthetic. She and Namine settled on “Pat.” I don’t know. My girls are weird sometimes. It’s up to me to establish normalcy in this family. My cross to bear, I guess.
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Role model: an essay
My sister wrote this essay, republished here with her permission.
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Sad trombone
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The unspoken sadness in Monsters University
Last night I finally had the chance to watch Monsters University with Namine and Jessica. I hadn’t really had any great desire to see it – not when it was in the theaters, and not since it was released on video – but I have four free Redbox rentals to burn up, so I decided…
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A new record
I worked from home today, which allowed me to get up with Namine and let Jessica sleep in. When I gave Namine her breakfast around 9:30, she asked me to first put her palatal prosthetic in. Wait, what? Yes, that’s right. She was so enthusiastic about it that she wanted to eat breakfast while wearing…
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She melts my heart.
Yesterday, as I was about to leave for work, I heard a small voice from one whom I had thought was asleep. “Daddy, don’t forget about me!”
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Speaking with the prosthetic
We gave Namine a couple days off from the prosthetic, if only to give her a chance to recuperate from whatever infection she might have.