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Batting Confidence

07 Tuesday May 2013

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Talking with Isaac about hitting strategies in the dugout before his game:

Me: Isaac, it’ll be just like in practice the other day.
Isaac: Yep. I’m confident and determined!

He certainly has no lack of self control….

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Providence Spring Festival

13 Saturday Apr 2013

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I took yesterday off to go with the family to Isaac’s school’s 2nd Annual Spring Festival. This year it was …

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Happy Birthday Dirge….um…What?!

05 Friday Apr 2013

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Yesterday we celebrated the start of the 5th year in the life of our adorable little girl.

In the traditional manner, we lit five candles on a (cup)cake and sang the traditional “Happy Birthday” song. But not too far into the song you can hear Isaac say “We’re gonna do two Happy Birthday songs!”

At first, I was anticipating the Fuqua version of the Happy Birthday song: a stirring rendition sung to the tune of “The Star Spangled Banner”! That has long been my favorite version, despite its length.

The Box family tradition however is the “Happy Birthday Dirge”, sung to the first part of the tune, “The Volga Boatmen“, and which (in our family) begins like so:

Misery and despair, people dying everywhere….Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday.

(There are actually many variations on this song, but that’s neither here nor there…)

After the conclusion of our song last night, Isaac broke out with his version of the Dirge:

In marriage and despair, people dying everywhere, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday.

And there was silence….


(I captioned Isaac’s quotes, but you have to enable ‘CC’ to see it.)

I should also note that Charisse’s attempts at blowing out the candles were very entertaining as well, but it will be a long while before we get over Isaac’s version of the Happy Birthday Dirge.

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I bet you’re glad to have me on your team

03 Wednesday Apr 2013

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At baseball practice the other night…

Isaac to his new coach:

I bet you’re glad to have me on your team!

Of course, the coach told me he also said to him

My dad says I’m going to be the best player on the team!

I’m very glad he has such high confidence, but I never once told him that!

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Han Solo and Princess Leia

24 Sunday Feb 2013

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Isaac: “Han Solo has a flash on Princess Leia.”
JM: “I think you mean ‘a crush’, Isaac.”
Isaac: “Right. Han Solo has a crush on Princess Leia.”

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At Enchanted Rock

24 Sunday Feb 2013

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Isaac’s Game Show

17 Sunday Feb 2013

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I’ve been going back through old pictures and videos and came across this gem. Isaac got a hold of my iPad and took (literally) hundreds of pictures and not a few videos. This turned into what will be a classic for us:

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When Brothers Paint Their Sister’s Toenails

19 Sunday Feb 2012

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… in their room, over nap time.

But don't worry, he used "lots of toilet paper for protection."

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Riding Horses with SG

13 Monday Feb 2012

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At the Children’s Museum

21 Saturday Jan 2012

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