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| Dan's Journal for 2009 |
| 21 Feb Melodie turned 6 a couple of days ago. We celebrated with just us four. The next day we celebrated again with grandma and pa Falconnier, David and Alana, and Amber and Holdyn. Then today we had another celebration for both Sean-D and Melodie at McDonald's playland for their friends to come to. There may be one more birthday party if Ruth's sister comes down. Then we should be done. This evening Melodie lost another tooth. Probably a good thing since her new one is coming in next to the one that just fell out. 7 Mar The weather was finally good enough to take Sean-D fishing with his new pole he got for his birthday. He did very well, but neither of us caught any fish. We used lures instead of worms, so he had to learn to cast and reel in right away. He's got a good arm, and was casting about 20-25 feet out. We only fished for a couple of hours because it started getting windy. Sean-D was sure a tornado was coming. 20 Mar The kids were on spring break all week. I decide to take off this Friday to go fishing wih Sean-D. We went to Carlyle lake for about 5 hours, and didn't even get a bite. Neither one of cared though because we were able to spend time together, which was the whole point. Still, he did get alot of practice casting, and was getting out almost as far as I was. 21 Mar Today was Melodie's turn to spend the day with me. We spent the morning at Monkey Joe's, and then went to the movies. I was surprised that at the 15 Cine they couldn't manage to have at least one G rated movie. After consulting with Ruth we ended up seeing Race to Witch Mountain". 08 Apr I decided to start spending more time with Virgil, so I could build his trust. After about a week of spending at least 30 minutes a day with him I finally got him to perch on my finger. He liked it so much I could hardly get him to jump off. 18 Apr I finally determined that this year I was going to the Missouri Botanical Garden in the Spring, so today was the day. The forecast was 70 degrees and rain, so we took our umbrellas. The Garden was so beautiful. The tulips were bright and colorful, and there were trees in bloom all over the place - crabapple, magnolia, and dogwods were the main ones. I also enjoyed the fragrance - especially from the Viburnums. It actually didn't start raining until the afternoon after we went inside for a snack. We visited most of the areas we always like. 17 May Today we went to meet Ruth's friend in Wentzville MO at the Renaissance Faire. This was our first time, and it was a lot of fun. There were people all over the place in period clothing - there were even girls dressed up like fairies. Some of the events we saw were: World Bird Sanctuary, a Jousting Match, and Robin Hood presents. Melodie pick up a stamp sheet, and got stamps at several booths along the way. At the end of the day she presented her sheet to the King, and was given a scroll officially making her "Princess Melodie". |
