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Father’s Day Secret

Jenny — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:20:58 +0000

For Father’s Day 2011, Nate, Sam and Mommy got Daddy a hammer drill. On the day that we purchased it Mom told her four year old Nate that we would keep this a surprise until Father’s Day so he shouldn’t say anything to Daddy about it. We wrapped it that day and Mom left it on the table (waiting for Nate to draw on the wrapping paper). Towards the end of the day, we visited our neighbor. Unfortunately Daddy came home from work while we were at our neighbor’s house. He stopped by our neighbors to say hello, then Nate and Daddy went to the house. Nate entered first and immediately became panicked.
Nate: Dad, Mom left out something that you can’t see! Don’t look.
Dad: It’s okay Nate, I won’t look, I’ll look out the door. You are going to have to hide it.
Nate: I don’t know where.
Dad: Hide it in your room somewhere.
Nate: But Dad I can’t lift the big one.
Dad: (Peeking towards the table) Are they wrapped?
Nate: Yes.
Dad: Okay I can help.
Nate gets the two smaller presents and carries them to his room Dad carries the big present. When they get to his room Dad says “Nate, I think you could carry this one, it is not too heavy.“
Nate takes it from Dad and says “Dad I can lift it!“
Nate ‘hides’ the gifts in his closet. Then they go in the living room to read some stories.
A few minutes later, Mom comes home. Daddy briefly explains what happened and how they “hid” the presents. As soon as Daddy finishes telling the story Nate says excitedly “Mom I can lift the drill!”

Oh well, guess the secret wasn’t meant to be.

5 Years Later, a Blog Resurrection

Aaron — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:06:01 +0000

So I think Jenny and I might actually get this blog going again. We’re five years older, and hopefully wiser too. We’re parents now, so that means our adventures are a little different but we still have them and I always enjoyed sharing bits online for friends and family. Plus the benefit of looking back ourselves. That alone is worth the effort.

I do plan on moving a few posts from twocentsworth over to this one so that I can keep family life stuff here and the more geeky tech stuff at twocentsworth.

Here’s what our little family looks like as of April 4th, 2010.

In Costume

Aaron — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:36:39 +0000

The adventure today was all about the costume.

We went to the 17th Annual Arizona Renaissance Festival dressed in costumes we bought on our last two or three visits to the Ohio Renaissance festivals. The Arizona one was at least twice as large, but I’d say they are equally enjoyable. Lots of crafts (which start to become redundant), lots of food, and plenty of “shows” scheduled at half-hour intervals.

After an akward moment while fueling our car at a busy gas station, my nervousness melted away during our actual visit. There are too many other people dressed in strange costume to feel weird. My outfit was practically too normal.

All in all, we had a good time and will probably make the trip again next year.

Aaron & Jenny’s Adventures

Aaron — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 06:14:43 +0000

Jenny and I started hiking, backpacking, climbing and generally having shared adventures several years ago. I’ve been sometimes blogging about them at twocentsworth.com, but now we have a dedicated place for them and you must have found it.

I hope that Jenny might grace us with her perspective on some of these adventures, but for now it will probably be just me. She’s a busy girl, it’s hard enough just getting her out there for the actual adventure.

Our latest bit of fun was a mountain bike ride on Thanksgiving day. I’ll put some photos up soon. Just like my other weblog, this will be somewhat sporadic, but the good news is that this will be focused on our vacations and trips, even if it’s only a day trip.