Spring…

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
Spring is definitely in the air. We made it outside and put the training wheels back on Tall monsters old bike. Small monster was very excited to have his very own big “Rocket” bike. His enthusiasm somewhat wavered when he found out how much work it was to pedal a “big” [...]

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Welcome home…

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
Six time zones, 4100 miles, and 24 straight hours of airports was made worth while when walking in the door to a welcome home banner that stretched 20 feet.
The jmonsters out did themselves this time.

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Anatomy of a Leprechaun trap…

 

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
The jmonsters have been dinging us (me) to build a Leprechaun trap. We tried the ignoring tactic, but this didn’t seem to work. After about a week of we’ll see and if we have time, we went down in the basement to see what we could come up with.
 
The design started [...]

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Tall monster wrestling…

Tall monster decided that he wanted to try wrestling this year. So we signed him up for the Auburn Youth Wrestling Clinic, down at the High School . He was very excited to do body slams and choke holds on someone other than his little brother. After we explained that there are no body slams [...]

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Small monster playing in the snow…

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
Mommy took the Tall monster down to the Knights of Columbus for a pancake breakfast. The breakfast was a benefit for the Herman Avenue Elementary School .
Daddy decided to stay home with the Small monster and do some shoveling. Small monster was in charge of clearing the steps, which he did [...]

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Lacrosse game…

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
We got a call from Bill and Ann Marie that they were in town. So we headed up to the dome to watch Syracuse take on Army in lacrosse, SU won 14-10. A really great game, but the jmonsters were bored out of their minds.
Small monster did have a good time [...]

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Grandma & Grandpa in Florida…

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
Grandma and Grandpa in Florida have been busy with some urban renewal. The sent up lots of pictures of the newly decorated bathroom and their new furniture, (Grandpa finally got his leather couch and love seat). And, of course there are lots of photos of their black labbies, (the reason for [...]

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Bowling for jmonsters…

Mommy and the jmonsters went bowling over to Cedar Lanes today. Daddy was writing papers, and the jmonsters were climbing the walls so it was good way to blow off some steam. Small monster bowled pretty well only losing to his Taller counterpart by one pin.
As always the arcade received higher marks than the actual [...]

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Tall monster’s report card…

 

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
Tall monster received his second marking period report card yesterday. Not all that great, but still not bad. He is having trouble being attentive in class and is easily distracted, his teacher highlighted this. He slipped in Math and Spelling. The Spelling hurts after all of the emotional upheaval we’ve been [...]

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Were is Small monster…

 

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Originally uploaded by jmonsters.
We haven’t been reporting on the “the day in the life…” of the Small monster. He has been sighted, and is pretty much doing his thing. His thing seems to be being bad and torturing his Taller counterpart. He is getting pretty good at the video games so Tall monster can’t [...]

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