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Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
Current books:
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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Category Archives: Ari Update
Ari Claims He is Darth Maul
The video quality here isn't great, as it was taken with a camera phone, but here is a video of Ari, at the end of which he claims [..]
Some of Ari’s Favorite Music Videos
Ari's favorite music video of late is Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights. He does it with lots of her dance moves while he watches it and it can [..]
Ari at COSI
Sara's mom took Ari and Sara to COSI yesterday (I had to work so I couldn't join them). From all reports, Ari had a great time as one [..]
Ari’s Newest Video
The newest video I uploaded to YouTube. Here Ari is dancing while watching Lord of the Dance. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izfal8uqmns[/youtube]
Why?
Ari has been full into asking "why?" for a little while now. Anything somebody says to him is followed by "why?", and he'll just ask "why is ?" [..]
Ari at the Astronomy Club
Last Saturday, after we cleaned the house, I took Ari out of Sara's hair for a little while and took him to a public star gazing party at [..]
Ari is 3
Ari is 3 today... wow... We decided to get him a Vtech V.Smile TV Learning System, which we'll wait until his party Sunday night to give him. There [..]
Ari’s Swimming Lessons and Gymnastics
Ari is taking lessons at the local YMCA. So far he is taking swimming and gymnastics. Swimming he is not too enthused about. Though he does sit on [..]
Ari as Ollivander
While Ari loves being a Jedi, he also likes pretending he is Ollvander, and will pretend to give you a wand and have you flick it, then go [..]
Ari’s Lightsaber
Ari loves Star Wars, particularly Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition) as he loves the battle with Darth Maul... as a matter of fact [..]
Ari’s Knock Knock Joke
Ari: Knock Knock. Me: Who's there? Ari: Orange? Me: Orange who? Ari: Me! (Starts laughing as if it is the funniest joke in the world) This joke comes [..]
At the Y
We got a family package to the North Canton YMCA the other day, and Ari will start swim lessons and gymnastics here soon. We took him once so [..]
Diaper Free
Ari going around the house diaper free except when goes to bed at night. We got a small seat for him to put on the big toilet and [..]
Ari’s K’s
One of the most noticeable aspects of Ari's speech is that his K's are pronounced as a T. There are a few other things as well, but that [..]
Ari Learning His Letters and Numbers
Ari is starting to recognize several letters and numbers. If I show him a capital A, he knows it is the letter A. He knows a bunch of [..]
Salmonella
I forgot to update on what they decided Ari had, salmonella, and the fact that he came home Tuesday. The salmonella probably came from the Iguana, even though [..]
To the Emergency Room
I wrote earlier how we all had some stomach flu. Well about 10 PM last night I took Ari to the emergency room. He had slept all day, [..]
Ari Pictures Uploaded
I uploaded more pictures of Ari, and pictures by Ari... Just click one of the pictures in the sidebar, then click "brian_a_thomas' photostream" for all the pictures, or [..]
Ari’s Christmas
I have already detailed a few of the things Ari got, here are a few more: Clothes... Boggle Jr.. I recommend this game. Even with Ari not yet [..]
Ari’s Thomas Set
I have already talked about Ari's play tent which we got for him for Christmas. My dad got Ari a Thomas the Tank Engine play set, particularly the [..]