Amazed
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Is that really you in there, Mom?
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Family
Alexander and His Friend
(While Alexander and his friend are building things with legos) Alexander: “Oh, that’s a cool ship!”
Alexander’s friend: “It’s an organic bomber!”
Alexander: “That’s so cool!”
How to Scare Your Big Sister
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Bring in a doll all wrapped up in Daniel's blanket. Your big sister will probably think you are carrying the real baby, and she will shout, run over to you, and grab the doll. Then after she has the doll, she will laugh at herself for thinking a doll was the real baby. This game is a lot of fun!
Amusing Daniel Poses
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Baby Feet
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Announcing:
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Announcing Daniel Augustine Frederes, who was born on May 27, 2009, at 6:14 PM. He weighed 8 lb 7 oz, and he’s beautiful. Thanks be to God for his safe delivery!
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Photos from a Tulip Festival
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On the second Saturday of May Mom took us kids down to the tulip festival in Orange City, Iowa. Our Grandma, (who lives about five minutes from Orange City), met us there, and we had a great time together. We watched a parade, ate a Dutch almond bar dessert, and watched a show with high school girls and boys singing and dancing dutch songs and dances. These are some of the best pictures from our visit:
The queen of the tulip festival is on the right and one of the ladies of the court is on the left. I love their costumes.
Street Cleaners in Dutch Costume
A beautiful baby girl in Dutch costume.
A cute little girl scrubbing the street.
Pretty Tulips
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Bath Time Bubbles
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I walked in to the bathroom one night to wash Alexander and Joseph’s hair when they were in the bathtub, and I was shocked to find that the tub was filled with bubbles. I found a half empty bottle of foaming face wash near the scene of the crime, so I think that the boys mistook that for bubble bath soap.
THE FACE OF THE GUILTY PARTY!
Would you care for some of our bubbles? We have plenty.
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It’s the Thought that Counts
Alex: “Dad, I was going to give you a dandelion for your birthday, but I accidentally ran over it with my John Deere bike.”
7 Years Ago
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I received my First Holy Communion
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Alexander’s 5th Birthday in Pictures
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Alexander and his presents.
Landon decorated Alex's cake in chocolate chips.
By the end of the day, this candy necklace had been eaten. Alexander also had a tummy ache. Coincidence? I don't think so.
I took this picture because Alex loves his age, and has been telling people he is going to be five ever since he turned four. If you come to our house, he will probably tell you that he is five, but he's turning six soon.
It took a while for Alex to blow out his candle. Joseph is trying to get Alex to play with his new WALL-E and EVE toys, which were his birthday presents.
Another attempt to blow out his candle. I think he got it this time.
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31 Weeks
We can't wait for you to arrive, little baby.
Cuddling
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- Joseph requested this cuddling session, and Alexander followed him.
- Here you can see Joseph better, but I must have been blinking.
I almost fell asleep.
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Wild Bird Sightings for March
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Early this March, I saw a bird of prey I had never seen before. It was smaller than a red tailed hawk, and had a redder breast than any other hawk I had seen. Later, I identified it as a peregrine falcon. I was exited to have another bird to add to my bird life list. (A list of all the birds I have ever seen.)
Mid March brought a HUGE bird to our backyard. It was a turkey vulture, which I have seen before, very far off. They circle a TV tower in Sioux Falls, and I can see them from my ballet studio, but I never realized just how big they are. (A wingspan of up to six feet!)
This doesn’t quite count as a sighting, but throughout March Mom, Dad, and I have been hearing a Great Horned Owl that has been living in a group of trees behind our house. The great horned owl has the famous ‘who, who’ call, and is the only owl living in South Dakota that does. I am fortunate to have heard it.
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