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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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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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Better Together

14 Thursday Feb 2013

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Betsie Allen 😉

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Shuttle Launch Video

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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Fun stuff. 🙂

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Using Body English to Control the Bowling Ball

02 Tuesday Aug 2011

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Oh yeah, and dancing. Who could forget the dancing?

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Earning the Game Ball

26 Tuesday Apr 2011

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Little Man earned the Game Ball last night due to sequences like this
one. He hit the ball where he was supposed to, ran as hard as he
could, and listened to the coaches while running the bases. And boy
was he proud of that ball. 🙂

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T-Ball videos

04 Monday Apr 2011

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Finally got around to uploading the videos from my phone of his first
T-Ball game.

Unless you’re family or just really enjoy T-ball “highlights” feel
free to skip 🙂

I think my favorite is the Home run and the “thumb’s up” at the end of
the triple…

First Hit

Home Run

Triple and Thumbs Up!

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

12 Saturday Feb 2011

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Singing Happy Birthday, Fuqua style! 🙂

(Sadly, video started halfway through…)

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Houston Aquarium "Dare to Dive" Ride

05 Saturday Feb 2011

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Isaac REALLY wanted to go on this ride. I hate these rides. He was
just tall enough to go. He won.

And he liked it. That doesn’t bode well for me in the future.

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Chasing Little Princess around the Playground

23 Sunday Jan 2011

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