Bumped!

Amy December 30, 2007
Today we were scheduled to fly home. But when we got to the airport we told them we'd be willing to give up our seats if the flight was ...Read More

A Fabulous Week

Amy December 28, 2007
We've had such a fantastic week here in Michigan. But not really much to blog about. A listing of all we've done this week would be ...Read More

Winter Wonderland

Amy December 24, 2007
Well, I suppose we would have been disappointed had we arrived in Michigan to find it only cloudy and chilly. No need to worry though - we c...Read More

Gingerbread House Update

Amy December 21, 2007
As intriguing as it was to consider following Natalie's advice to stuff our gingerbread house with illegal fireworks and detonate it (ta...Read More

Another Tagging...

Amy December 20, 2007
I've been tagged again, this time by my friend Kendell ...but I'm thinking that since this is the Soren Gazette I should answer thes...Read More

Fantasy vs. Reality

Amy December 19, 2007
Peter and Soren went up to visit some friends of ours in Bellingham. Peter's been planning this for awhile (it was a ski trip), and hone...Read More

Soren's LEAST Favorite Things

Amy December 13, 2007
1. Bedtime. Actually, this is a pretty new thing. He used to be so mellow about going to bed. I'd announce that it was bedtime and we...Read More

Soren's Favorite Things

Amy December 12, 2007
I'm stealing this idea from my friend Katie's blog . Here are Soren's 10 favorite things: 1. Me. (I realize this is only likely ...Read More

Snoozin'

Amy December 07, 2007
The other night I went into Soren's room before I went to bed to be sure he was covered up. This is the position I found him in. He was ...Read More

What a Difference a Year Makes!

Amy December 06, 2007
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a long time might remember last year's Santa debacle . I didn't really know if it w...Read More

Not To Be Trusted...

Amy December 05, 2007
I've been doing quite a bit of my Christmas shopping online this year. I told Peter that some of his gifts would be coming in the mail a...Read More

We Made a Gingerbread House!

Amy December 04, 2007
Last night Soren and I made a gingerbread house. Well, mostly he asked if he could eat the frosting and candy. This is the first time we'...Read More

A Cold Day on the Oregon Coast

Amy November 30, 2007
Last weekend we took advantage of the non-rainy weather and headed out to the Coast. We went to Neskowin, one of our favorite spots. Unfortu...Read More

He Looks Like Me!

Amy November 29, 2007
Since Soren was born there was always the question about whether he looked more like me or Peter. Most people say Peter. In fact, Peter is k...Read More

Where Does Jesus Live?

Amy November 28, 2007
When we were setting up the Christmas decorations on Friday (another tradition currently being test-driven: decorating the day after Thanksg...Read More

Christmas Traditions

Amy November 27, 2007
I think I've mentioned before here that we've been working on coming up with some meaningful Christmas traditions. Peter and I actua...Read More

Giving Thanks

Amy November 26, 2007
Thanksgiving was terrific. We had Peter's parents, brother, nieces and sister plus my mom and sister all over for the big day. Soren doe...Read More

Why We Love Satsumas

Amy November 20, 2007
We love Satsuma oranges. They are easy to peel and very tasty... But mostly, we love them because they come in a really great box.Read More

Psychedelic Snacks

Amy November 19, 2007
So here's a conversation that I hesitate even to tell for fear that someone is going to call child protective services! Me: Hey Soren, d...Read More

Today Soren Told His First Story...

Amy November 15, 2007
"The sun came up. It got stuck. The sun told the cars to go. The sun was very hungry. It didn't have any arms. It didn't eat ra...Read More

More Funny Soren Sayings...

Amy November 14, 2007
1. We've been potty training for a while now. We'd been using incentives to reward activities on the potty. Small prizes (an M&M...Read More

Sitting With Scissors

Amy November 13, 2007
Ah yes, the truth comes out about how we pass our time in our household. Next weeekend: juggling chainsaws. Lessons learned: 1. A child-saf...Read More

The Joy of Christmas

Amy November 08, 2007
So, I've been thinking about holiday traditions lately and decided that I wanted to help Soren get excited about giving presents for Ch...Read More

Gastric Bypass, Anyone?

Amy November 06, 2007
As promised here are the sumo videos... This first video shows me "wrestling" my sister Christine (I'm in the red, uh, thong?)...Read More

Happy Halloween!

Amy November 01, 2007
For the past few weeks people have been asking me about our Halloween plans. And I haven't really been too excited about it. We happened...Read More

Some Train-related Photos

Amy October 31, 2007
We took quite a few train journies on our trip. The longest one was about 4 hours though, so they were all fairly easy trips. Soren like ima...Read More

The Big Head

Amy October 30, 2007
We came across this sculpture in the Old Town Square in Krakow, Poland. I thought it make a really cool photo if Soren would climb in and lo...Read More

Need to Expand Soren's Vocabulary

Amy October 29, 2007
Well, yesterday I discovered the limits of Soren's fantastic vocabulary. This week I'm going to work on teaching him "urgent&qu...Read More

Poor Sick Little Guy

Amy October 29, 2007
Now that we are home we can go through our photos...seeing Soren's hospital photos lets me see that he really was visibly sick. Can'...Read More

We're home!

Amy October 24, 2007
Well, sitting on the computer at 2 a.m. is a good indication that we are home - and a bit jet lagged. We made it home Monday night around 11...Read More

On the mend...

Amy October 17, 2007
Thanks so much to everyone for all the well wishes. It was nice to hear from so many of you. Soren is still in the hospital - staying for th...Read More

Darn croup.

Amy October 16, 2007
Well, last night we used our planned route to the hospital. As is usual with croup, Soren's breathing got more labored during the night....Read More

More from Poland

Amy October 15, 2007
Soren has croup. He and I have both been fighting a cold since the beginning of our trip and his took a turn for the worse last night. We...Read More

More Poland

Amy October 14, 2007
We really liked Krakow. While Prague is the "it" city in Eastern europe, we liked Krakow just as much and thought it had as much t...Read More

Traveling with a two year old

Amy October 14, 2007
I don't suppose the notes for this trip would be complete without mentioning some of the intricacies of traveling with a two-year old. I...Read More

Poland now...

Amy October 13, 2007
Well, this hostel has an English style keyboard on the computer, so we're off to a better start. But now my Blogger software is all in P...Read More

The best photo so far...

Amy October 08, 2007
I've shot about 130 pictures so far...lovely shots of the old city and Devin castle. But I have to say that so far, this one is my favor...Read More

Devin Castle

Amy October 08, 2007
We had a fabulous day yesterday. We took a bus to Devin, a small town just outside Bratislava. We first went to the grocery store to pick up...Read More

Welcome to Bratislava

Amy October 06, 2007
We're here! Our flights and connections were uneventful and we're now happily settled in Bratislava, Slovakia. We lucked out and wer...Read More

We're packed!

Amy October 03, 2007
Our bags are packed, we're ready to go (anyone remember the song?) ...'cuz we're leaving on a jet plane, don't know when we&...Read More

My little fashionista

Amy October 01, 2007
Clearly Soren is way ahead on the fashion curve. He's moved past the droopy baggy jeans with boxer shorts exposed at the top...to his ow...Read More

Today's conversation

Amy September 28, 2007
Me: Wow, look how curly your hair is. Soren: And blonde, I have blonde hair. Do you have blonde hair? Me: Yes, I do. Soren: We both have blo...Read More

Fresh Grape Juice - Yum!

Amy September 25, 2007
Well, my hopes of creating a fascinating cohesive video of our weekend exploits has come to naught as my video editing software and video ca...Read More

A two year old riding a bike?

Amy September 19, 2007
Ok, so mostly this site is dedicated to all the amazing things that Soren does every day. Undoubtedly, his fans from all over the world are ...Read More

The latest Soren sayings...

Amy September 17, 2007
Some random funny Soren sayings: "Listen up!" I have no idea where he got that one. I don't think Peter or I say it, but when...Read More

Fishing with Grandpa

Amy September 16, 2007
Another of the thousands of fun things to do at Grandpa and Grandma's in Michigan is fishing. Strictly catch and release (or, more accur...Read More

Mackinac Island

Amy September 14, 2007
While we were in Michigan we also took some time and drove up North to visit Mackinac Island. Normally we stay pretty close to Holland (wher...Read More

Flyin' high

Amy September 12, 2007
The flights on our Michigan trip were the first time we've flown since Soren turned two, i.e., the first time we've actually had to ...Read More
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