Teresa took the kids for checkups today at the doctor. Everything’s fine, and we now know that Gabrielle’s 58 pounds, Ethan is 48, and Aidan is 30.
But the magical moment was provided courtesy of Aidan.
Dr. Stepney, our family doctor, asked him if he always wore his bike helmet. Looking rather oddly at her, he gently […]

Apparently Ethan got in trouble a couple of days ago at school.
The story is he poked a slug with a stick and rubbed the stick on another kid. When asked why, he first said he didn’t know why, and then said “Because it was fun.”
I have to admit I burst out laughing when Teresa told […]

As I’m doing some work on the the computer tonight (AKA bloghopping), our 3-year old Aidan pipes up:

I have to pee, Mommy.
Can I have a piggyback ride?

Hmmm. That’s a tough one to pass up!
Teresa and I both burst out laughing.

Up at 6:20 this morning (late), skipped breakfast. Left house at 7:20.
At work at 8:10 - working in Bellingham today. Juggled projects and priorities until noon, then had lunch with my boss, Kevin. Worked until 4:45.
Home at 5:45 (border lineup was huge). Eating until 6:00. 15 minutes of hockey - Buffalo Sabres beating the Carolina […]

OK, the title is accurate. But that’s not really why I’m making this post.
Actually, what’s going on here is that I’m testing Apple’s iWeb.
Teresa mentioned that she’d like to have something from time to time that would help her create a digital scrapbook, and so I said I’d look for something for her. It needs […]

Friends of our who recently moved to Alberta just had twins: Kathryn and Larissa.
They were born a month early - preemies - and have been in hospital for 20 days … all their young lives. Congrats Wayne and Adriana!
They emailed this photo:

As I mentioned recently, my neck is not in the best of health right now.
Wednesday night I injured it somehow in the middle of the night, Thursday I was in the hospital once (and almost twice) and had to wear a neck brace or collar.
Friday morning I took the collar off, very gingerly, before getting […]

Gabrielle and a partner at school have been working on a PowerPoint presentation for their geography project on India. Last night she showed us what she’s done:

Incredible India

You name it, this PowerPoint’s got it. Flying bullets, crashing text, sounds effects for every action, animated GIFs …

I’m in LONG meetings every single day this week …
So I’m leaving early in the morning, coming home late. After a few things with the kids, and a couple of words with Teresa, there’s not much time for anything else.
(In case you were wondering why posts are a little sparse this week!)

Let the hackle zipper cut in the drailing wheel

Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier.

You can’t make stuff this good up:
“Let the hackle zipper cut in the drailing wheel, then draught at full tilt to upgrade, let the drailing wheel tunning hight speed, at this time set the […]

Since both Aidan and Ethan were doing podcasts tonight (Aidan on his third birthday, and Ethan on his favorite games, Gabrielle could not possibly survive the night without doing her own.
So we did.
And here are Gabrielle’s thoughts on The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which we watched tonight on DVD:

Since Aidan just did a podcast about the presents he received for his third birthday, Ethan wanted to do one too.
So we did a podcast together of his favorite games … one card game (Skip-Bo), and one computer game (Nanosaur 2).
Voila:

Aidan and I do a podcast about the presents he received for his birthday …

Tonight Teresa and I said goodnight to our two-year old son for the last time.
I sang the goodnight prayer with Aidan, and then I told him a “Jerry Ant” story - made up on the spur of the moment.
He read me his favorite book du jour, Buenos Noches, Gorila. And we talked, for a while, […]

Gabrielle (9), Ethan (6), and Aidan (2) sing happy birthday to Grandpa ….

Aidan (my youngest son - 2 years old) and I have some fun with podcasts.

I think there is some way of publishing this with a photo, but for the life of me I can’t see how … I’ve uploaded a photo for this podcast, but it’s not showing up above. Perhaps they have some sort […]

Me: sitting at the table downstairs this morning, eating breakfast.
Aidan (2 years old): coming down the stairs sleepily, saying “Daddy, you’re not going to work today?”
Me: “It’s a workday today, Aidan. I have to go to work.”
Aidan: right beside me now, with big liquid eyes and a sad face. “But I will miss you!”
I’ll miss […]