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“Come on Rad, let’s go outside and kick the ball around, buddy!”
“Nah, Daddy, I’d rather pick flowers and put them in this bowl.”
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Raden really enjoys lining things up. I have no idea where he gets
such obsessive compulsions 
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I tweaked the focus on this one a bit, and added the “widescreen”
bars. Now it is perfect for your desktop background. Go ahead. Do
it.
The last two nights, Raden has been reading to me. He picks one of his favorite stories, The Old Woman and Her Pig, and is surprisingly accurate in his recitation. He knows the story, knows the pacing, knows the inflections - it’s awesome. I have got to get a video of it, it’s cute enough to make you vomit!
Aside from tantruming and hysterical behavior, spending time with the kids has been awesome. It is amazing to be able to watch them grow, even in so short a time as I’ve been home. Raden has the most vivid imagination, and while he doesn’t always involve his little sister in his play time, he is often very good at “teaching” her things. And MAN how he learns! He sees and hears and remembers pretty much everything going on around him. It is imperative you watch what you say around Rad, because he will absolutely repeat it!
Not until very recently have I started feeling really parental. The more involved I get with the kids, the more I realize how little I’ve done in the past; how … disconnected I have been from the whole parenting experience. It is not my intention to outline my shortcomings or the troubles of my past. To do so would, no doubt, suck me down to a place I do not wish to visit. Rather, the more I think and talk and write about my present and my future with the kids, the easier it becomes to deal with, and beyond simply “dealing”, it becomes enjoyment.
And did I mention Rad loves the Rick Moranis album?
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At least I *did* actually get the photo before Rad came crashing down
on the lens :]
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