Cassie’s Blog
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Well, we’ve had a locked-out experience with Cassie before, when she dropped the keys down the elevator shaft. But we had a locked-in situation this week. It always happens so innocently though. She just wanted to change clothes without having anyone watch her, of course its ok for her to go in the bathroom. I…
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One of the hardest things as a parent is to see your kids sick. We landed in Ukraine from Sweden on Friday and we left Saturday morning for Germany by car. On day two of the road trip Jay started throwing up. Just when we thought he was over it, Cassie got it. Yuck! Thankfully…
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There is no other word to describe the look in Cassie’s face when she is filled with joy and excitement about something. She shines. Her eyes sparkle, her smile lights up the room. She is a wonderful daughter that we love so much! Thanks Cassie for shining your love and light into our lives!
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As mom drinks a cup of coffee … “But Mom, that isn’t good for pregnant girls”.
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‘Your turn Daddy!’ Cassie has discovered the fun of games in all their glory! Learning about cleaning up, losing, and taking turns are all important in the realm of game playing! It is a fun stage…but after many games in a row we are getting excited for when Jay grows up and can play with…
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Here is a conversation that Ben and Cassie had today in the car on our road trip: “Daddy, do you know how babies come out?” “Uh… Cassie, it is complicated.” “No it isn’t Daddy, they come out your bum.” Laughter erupts from all of us, and the awkward moment passes… :) Count on kids to…
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We’ve been working through a textbook – how to read in 100 lessons. Of course, making it through a whole lesson doesn’t always work, and sometimes Cas doesn’t totally ‘get it’, but it’s coming along and she can read some small words like cat, rat, and rug. It will be great when she can read…
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The other day Cassie and I were “pretending” in the car. She was the mom with 4 kids. “Okay Cassie, how many are girls?” “Well, 1 is a girl, mom”. “Then how many boys would you have?” “3!” Math already?! She must take after her Daddy. Speaking of Daddies, last week we travelled to Lviv,…
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“ We love you little girl – you’re a wonderful treasure in our life! You have a wonderful attitude, bring such joy to us with your singing and dancing. You blow our socks off with how intelligent you are, you’re always learning new things, drawing new conclusions, using big new words and really surprising us…
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Cassie sure is growing up really fast! At the park she is no longer satisfied without a challenge. “Let’s do the big slide”, “I want to climb on the rainbow” (monkey bars in a semi-circle shape), “look Mom, I’m pumping” as she swings (although she still needs a lot of pushing). We’re practicing on the…
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Cassie often plays at being ‘mom’. She will help Angela cook, sweep, clean the house, take care of Jay, you name it. So Angela had a great idea yesterday, let’s make her a child-size stove … out of some cardboard boxes we had lying around. Last night she made me some rice with salt, pepper…
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