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Archive for December 16th, 2007

moving towards the holidays

Posted: Sunday, December 16th, 2007 @ 1:39 pm in Journal | Comments Off

Liam arrived home on Friday evening, via Amtrak. Aidan was so excited about the arrival of the train, complete with ghostly hoots, at the bitterly cold downtown station, that he started jumping up and down shouting “Choo! Choo! Choo!” This behavior makes me laugh, though I try to shush him gently. Kevin captured it all [...]