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Personal Pandora
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: February 5, 2010
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Taly’s really become interested and aware of different kinds of music, and she has an opinion on what she likes and doesn’t like. It has fun to explore different genres with her. In a sense, we have become her personal Pandora…she tells us what she likes, and we try to give her more like that. [...]
Heard at the Steele Household #2
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: December 29, 2009
Daughter: Water and Soter rhyme! Daddy: Are you working on rhyming words? Daughter: Yes! Daddy: Ok. Finds piece of paper. Can you think of any words that rhyme with ‘Floor?’ Writes ‘Floor’ on paper in big block letters. Daughter: Whore! Daddy: Pause…remembers that we’re working on a rhyming lesson not a vocab lesson. That’s right. [...]
Heard at the Steele Household
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: October 26, 2009
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Daddy (singing daughter’s current favorite song): I got a feelin’….that tonight’s gonna be a good night…that tonight’s… Daughter: Be quiet! I’m trying to go poopie… Daddy: Oh, ok. Waits in silence… Daughter: Poopie comes out of the big hole, and potty comes out of the little hole… Daddy: Yeah, that’s right! Daughter: I really, really, [...]
Alice Panda
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: October 5, 2009
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Alice Panda – 4 Originally uploaded by fitzgeraldsteele We’re huge fans of www.alice.com. Yes, they have great prices on tons of daily household goods, and always free shipping. More importantly, the box provides our toddler with hours of entertainment. We play with it, climb in it, wear it as a hat. When we get bored [...]
Labor Day Movie Watching
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: September 7, 2009
T came down with a bit of a fever after the football game this weekend. We’ve spent most of the time at home, watching Disney musicals: Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin. It turns out, Disney musical music lends itself to playing the “Deez Nutz” game. Discuss.
When an Advisor is not an Advisor
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: May 28, 2009
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Today I got a courtesy call from our brokerage company, who has assigned a new financial advisor to my account. He asked me about our family’s financial strategies, and if we had anything we’d like him to look into. I said yes…I currently have some money in a mutual fund that I would be interested [...]
Baby Loves Disco coming to Minneapolis
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: January 30, 2009
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I wish this were in Iowa City. I’ve heard good things about BLD in Washington DC. Someone in Minneapolis needs to go to this and let me know how it is! baby loves disco – minneapolis it’s coming (with love) this february when we’ll celebrate our first ever momma-poppa-baby valentines day party. whether your baby [...]
Sesame Street is Old and New
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: January 8, 2009
My daughter has discovered Sesame Street, both the TV show and on music CDs. We checked out Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music from the library. She loves it. Her current favorite song is Furry Happy Monsters (to the tune of REM’s Shiny Happy People). Anyway, Sara and I were talking about our [...]
Christmas…I’m feeling it
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: December 4, 2008
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This year, we opted out of putting together our 1980′s era artificial Christmas tree from Sara’s parents. Instead we went to get a real tree. We went out last night to the Optimist Club of Iowa City’s Christmas tree sale to pick one up. To be quite honest, I wasn’t totally in the mood for [...]
Cute Bedtime Prayer
Posted by: fitzgeraldsteele on: October 20, 2008
Daddy: Dear God, thank you for loving us, and thank you for Jesus, and… Taly: “Thank you for crocodiles, and bears, and tigers, and birdies, and Ya-Ya (Auntie Heather), and suckers, and noodles, and videos, and Boz…and Boz…and Boz…and Taylin, and Nana, and Mai-lei (Nana’s dog), and Bella (Nana’s other dog), and Trooper (Ya-Ya’s dog)…” [...]
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