Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Charlie Lost His Front Tooth!


Charlie was brave enough to let Brian pull out his front tooth after church last Sunday. Since his brother made it into the paper, we made up a special newspaper just for him called the Duprasville Times (I've got a pdf of it if you want to see it). The following is the article we wrote about his brave feat:

Brave 5-year-old Boy Lets Father Pull Out Tooth
Louisville — Charlie Dupras, 5, had a wobbly tooth for a few weeks. It was starting to get in the way of his eating so his father, Brian Dupras, 33, offered to pull it out for him.
At first, he was scared and didn’t want him to do it, but he decided that after church, he would pull it out.
“I was scared, and I wanted it to come out. I was that,” Charlie said.
Charlie tried to pull it out but his fingers would just slip off the tooth
“When he [Brian] was pulling it out, it hurted (sic) a little but he thought it wouldn’t,” Charlie said.
Sunday afternoon, after church, Charlie and his father, Brian went up to the bedroom to pull out his tooth. Charlie was very brave and allowed Brian to try to pull it out with his fingers, but they slipped. After trying a few times, Brian finally got the tooth out with a cotton gauze.
“Certainly Charlie showed a incredible degree of bravery,” said Brian. “and I thought it was really cool that he trusted me enough to let me pull it out for him, even though it was a little scary.”
Charlie is looking forward to what the Tooth Fairy will bring as he sleeps tonight in his bed.
This is the third tooth that Charlie has lost.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

A New Year...

...and maybe I'll keep up our blog this year.

Here's a funny thing that caught my eye today:

Isaac and I were at the grocery store today and I noticed a cute little kid's picture next to the masthead. Wow! It's Isaac!

Last weekend was the Lafayette Oatmeal Festival and apparently Isaac was cute enough to be recognized in the paper.

I have tons more that I could post, but frankly, I'd really rather be watching tv.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

The Deck has Passed Inspection!!

Brian laying the last deck board. The last one!!

Mr. Steve Swank installing our new sliding door.

our New Kitchen!

...and here's the final inspection! it's done!

here's the door from the outside...

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Oh Yeah, How's that Deck Comin' Along?

The end is in sight! We're almost done! I'm super pleased because we'll be able to enjoy my favorite season so much more with our beautiful new deck. Did someone say cookout?



...and lest we forget, here is a reminder of how far we've come...

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Who Are These Children?

I happened upon this pudgy kid who apparently ate Isaac:

...so I found it necessary to find a picture of Charlie at around the same age:

enjoy!

Friday, August 24, 2007

Charlie's First Day of School

Charlie started Kindergarten this week and is doing great. He learned to take the school bus all on his own. Such a big kid!



Charlie (and Isaac) waiting for Mrs. Walden. All the kids line up and walk in together.




After a whole week of school, it was time for ice cream!


Monday, August 13, 2007

Road Trip to Chicago... and back

We're home. Back in the land of High Speed Internet and Familiar Beds.
We drove 1,000 miles to Chicago, 1,000 miles around the Chicagoland area, then 1,000 miles back to Colorado. We decided not to drive the van today.
While we were in Chicago, we saw 5 sides of our combined extended family; Anne's Dad's side (Kowalski), Anne's Mom's side (Skafte), Anne's Step-Mom's side (Blair), Brian's Mom's side (Appleton), and Brian's Dad's side (Dupras). The boys did great meeting a million people that they're related to -- mostly because a lot of those people had kids to play with!
We were gone for 2 weeks and did A LOT. I've posted a boatload of pictures on Flickr but here are some highlights:

Our first stop on our roadtrip. Breakfast in Fort Morgan, Colorado:


The Children's Museum in Milwaukee with Grandma Jane:


Fishing at Lake Summerset outside of Rockford, Illinois:


Playing with Cousin Paul on the trampoline:


Finally meeting Uncle Matthew's Robosapien and teaching it to pick up things (in muck-boots):


Going to a Mastodon dig in Dupage County (about 2 miles away from where we were staying):

[ side note: this was cool, but I wouldn't really call it a "highlight" since it was about 100 degrees and 150% humidity that day. none of us were very happy ]

going to Millennium Park in downtown Chicago with Grandma Laura and "Grandpa-Grandpa"




Walking all the way to the end of Navy Pier and feeding the seagulls.


The 6 of us actually rode this ferris wheel. Yikes.


Grandma Belle's 80th Birthday Party


The Kowalski Cousins: Kaylee, Claire, Charlie and Isaac


We hooked up with an old friend of mine, Rebecca, at Oberweis Ice Cream shop and our kids played chess together.


...and then we drove home. In one day.

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