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Two videos for Tuesday

by Joe Doyle on November 25, 2008

First up is a video of the twins getting their hairs cut. It was kind of lackluster – I guess I was expecting a lot of crying and fits. The cuts were relatively easy on us, but not the pocketbook. Need to find a new place - The Hair’s Lair charges more than Birds Barbershop on Burnet.

My favorite parts of the video are PJ’s face when he gets sprayed with water and Katie starting to chair dance near the very end.

Twins first haircut from joe doyle on Vimeo.

Second video is of my friend, Rebecca Much. I knew her when she was a junior racing on xXx in Chicago. She’s U.S. National champion (several times over) and won silver in the Worlds competition for time trial. In other words, she’s a hammer.

And a super nice person.

She needs our help, so please watch this video below and go to this website to rate her video five stars. She’s doing her part and telling her story on why the 2016 Olympics should be in Chicago. And as an Olympic-level athlete, I think she makes the most sense to be the winner.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

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Official school pictures of Katie and Patrick

by Joe Doyle on October 29, 2008

These came today. We were completely surprised as we forgot all about their school pictures until after it happened. Since we’re not big on the style, we didn’t give a second thought to it.

But luckily for us, we dressed them in nice duds on this day. We even put Katie into an original dress from Grandma Karen by coincidence. Love that. Too bad we didn’t get to haircuts or even a brushing.

Normally I’m not a fan of the staged shots – I like to see lifestyle photography. But they did a nice job so we bought a few. Racket.

If you want these in hi-res to print at your local print place, let me know. RITZ online is where I go. I think they’re the best and highly recommend them. I pick mine up local, but they will mail images to you as well.

On a side note, they say the blog is dead, and truth be told it’s been hard to find time to keep up with my online social commitments. Lots to do around the house and for Stalelife. We’re rocking the new bids right now - wish us luck!

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Reflecting on a family vacation with toddlers - two weeks in the heartland

by Joe Doyle on October 14, 2008

If you ever hear of a friend traveling with a toddler, have compassion. Toddlers are assertive. Always on the go, they hate the word “no”. They can’t talk, but they want to. They are frustrated. The like to explore. They test your boundaries on purpose, just to get a laugh.

It’s a tough gig for one, double crazy for two. Luckily for us our friends and family – everyone rolled out the welcome mat and took control to make sure we had all the necessities and more (thank you thank you thank you).

Still, it was maniacal at times. Katie was sick from motion in the van and on the plane. PJ didn’t want to sleep in his tent. We went from care-taking 25% of the waking day, to 100%. Man was it cruel.

If I’m sounding like we had zero fun, I apologize. Nothing is farther from the truth. We saw old friends and our family got to meet the rest of our families. There was a spa day for Stacey, I was pulled around Palos by Paolo (thanks again for the bike!), Rachel and Ken. We even had 16 people for dinner in Greek Town on the last night.

The trip north reminded us of how much we love tall trees and fertile soil, and miss our friends and family. We’ll do it again soon – maybe when the kids are five or so.

Pictures from the trip are found here.
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