<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Children @ emperorp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Children) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 emperorp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:16:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Children @ emperorp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Housekeeping: The Baker&apos;s Dozen</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/housekeeping_the_bakers_dozen.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/housekeeping_the_bakers_dozen.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=housekeeping%5Fthe%5Fbakers%5Fdozen</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I feel like I've semi-retired from my blog these last few months. I say "semi" because although I haven't added many posts my mind is constantly thinking about my poor neglected blog and mentally creating entries that so far haven't been posted (or]]></description></item><item><title>Special Days</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/special_days.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/special_days.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=special%5Fdays</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last week, when Ashley and I walked the Race for the Cure together, James took Caitlin the Solstice Parade in Fremont. We decided to use this as the start of what the girls have dubbed "Special Days". James and I will alternate spending time with]]></description></item><item><title>Puget Sound Race for the Cure 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/puget_sound_race_for_the_cure_2008.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/puget_sound_race_for_the_cure_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=puget%5Fsound%5Frace%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fcure%5F2008</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Bosom Buddies of Ballard, including Ashley and I, completed the Puget Sound Race for the Cure. 14,500 people participated and raised about $1.65 million. Thanks to everyone who supported us and all of you who gave donations. Rosemary exceeded her]]></description></item><item><title>Photos from Wenatchee (Part 2)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/photos_from_wenatchee_part_2.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/photos_from_wenatchee_part_2.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=photos%5Ffrom%5Fwenatchee%5Fpart%5F2</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos from second half of Wenatchee trip. The photos and captions tell it all.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enjoy!Wenatchee 2008 Pt2&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Arthur, Ice-Cream and Dancing in the Sun</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/arthur_icecream_and_dancing_in_the_sun.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/arthur_icecream_and_dancing_in_the_sun.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=arthur%5Ficecream%5Fand%5Fdancing%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fsun</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We had a nice turn in the weather this morning. Sun, sun and more sun forecast for the rest of our stay. After an early start seeing James off on his ride up to Mission Ridge, the girls and I returned to our room for a little down time. Being awake p]]></description></item><item><title>Staying at Bartells in Africa (or is it Hawaii?)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/staying_at_bartells_in_africa_or_is_it_hawaii.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/staying_at_bartells_in_africa_or_is_it_hawaii.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=staying%5Fat%5Fbartells%5Fin%5Fafrica%5For%5Fis%5Fit%5Fhawaii</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well we've arrived and, depending on who you speak to, we are staying at Bartell's (a chain of drug stores in the Pacific Northwest) in Onatchee, or Hawaii or Africa. Caitlin has been confusing the word Bartell for hotel since the day before we left]]></description></item><item><title>Birthday Boy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/birthday_boy.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/birthday_boy.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=birthday%5Fboy</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[James celebrated his 39th birthday today. There was great excitement in the house. Ashley and Caitlin get so hyped up about all our birthdays, It's very infectious. Ashley has been telling everyone at school for days that her daddy's birthday was com]]></description></item><item><title>School Trip to the Zoo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/school_trip_to_the_zoo.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/school_trip_to_the_zoo.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=school%5Ftrip%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fzoo</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I volunteered to be one of the chaperones at Ashley's class trip to the zoo on Wednesday. Caitlin was delighted that she had no school and could join the fun. We had the extra added bonus of James showing up for an hour of the visit too. A great fami]]></description></item><item><title>Rainbow Magic</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/rainbow_magic.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/rainbow_magic.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rainbow%5Fmagic</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My friend Rosemary and I recently started a babysitting exchange, in the hopes that each of us will have a chance to get out with our hubbies on a regular basis. One night in February, when it was Rosemary's turn to mind our girls, she arrived arm]]></description></item><item><title>The Favorites Game</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_favorites_game.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_favorites_game.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ffavorites%5Fgame</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For a couple of years now I have been playing The Favorites Game with Ashley and Caitlin. Sometimes with both together, and sometimes when I am alone with them separately, I will ask them a series of questions about their favorite things. It?s a grea]]></description></item><item><title>Convalescing Valentines</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/convalescing_valentines.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/convalescing_valentines.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=convalescing%5Fvalentines</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We celebrated a quiet Valentine's Day, as Ashley and Caitlin are still in the throes of illness and James returned to work. They were disappointed to miss the Valentine's celebrations at their respective schools so we surprised them with a dressed up]]></description></item><item><title>Ice-cream and Tulips</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/icecream_and_tulips.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/icecream_and_tulips.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=icecream%5Fand%5Ftulips</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Both Ashley and Caitlin were sick today. James decided to work from home and arranged his time around the needs of our family. So this morning they played computer games with Dad while I went out to catch up on errands that I had put off with Caitlin]]></description></item><item><title>100 Days of School</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/100_days_of_school.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/100_days_of_school.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=100%5Fdays%5Fof%5Fschool</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ashley's Kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school. Each child was asked to bring in a collection of 100 objects. After dinner a few nights ago the whole family brainstormed ideas. We thought about Caitlin's collection of pinecones. She keeps]]></description></item><item><title>Sweetly Sick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/sweetly_sick.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/sweetly_sick.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sweetly%5Fsick</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caitlin has been sick. When I picked her up at noon from school on Monday she was waiting at her classroom door, zipped up in her coat with tears streaming down her eyes. Her teacher told me she had been sad for about an hour. She and her co-teacher]]></description></item><item><title>Go Fetch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/go_fetch.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/go_fetch.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=go%5Ffetch</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ashley and Caitlin received this Go Fetch card deck from a friend of Pauline's a couple of years ago. In recent months it has become one of their favorite games. It's the same game as Go Fish only themed on the Disney Lady and the Tramp movie, which]]></description></item><item><title>Delightful Daily Details</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/delightful_daily_details.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/delightful_daily_details.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=delightful%5Fdaily%5Fdetails</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At Caitin's school there is a parent educator who, from time to time, greets parents in the hallway when we arrive to pick up our children. Becky is often armed with handouts to distribute, that contain interesting and useful information on]]></description></item><item><title>Remember What&apos;s Important</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/remember_whats_important.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/remember_whats_important.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=remember%5Fwhats%5Fimportant</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our relationship is more important than...]]></description></item><item><title>Caitlin&apos;s New Skills (3yrs 7mths)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/caitlins_new_skills_3yrs_7mths.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/caitlins_new_skills_3yrs_7mths.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=caitlins%5Fnew%5Fskills%5F3yrs%5F7mths</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caitlin is learning to write her name and make representational drawings. She drew her first self-portrait on paper in school on Thursday. She also drew a picture of&nbsp;herself with a sun and a picture of me. On Saturday, she watched Ashley draw a]]></description></item><item><title>An Irish Magic Tree House</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_irish_magic_tree_house.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_irish_magic_tree_house.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=an%5Firish%5Fmagic%5Ftree%5Fhouse</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We finished reading Day of the Dragon King last night, book #14 in The Magic Tree House series. Prior to that we read about Pompeii in Vacation Under the Volcano. Ashley and Caitlin were very interested in the the idea that a whole town was lost beca]]></description></item><item><title>Children Need</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/children_need.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/children_need.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=children%5Fneed</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I came across the following at the pre-school of our little friend Katie. It made me smile. Children Need by Meiji Stewart Appreciation, for all they bring into our lives. Balance, somewhere between too little and too much. Commitment, it's the littl]]></description></item></channel></rss>