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A dad’s allowed to brag, right?
Bjorn isn’t even 17 months old yet, and he already knows how to say “Excuse Me” after burping or performing other noisy bodily functions. We have the best son ever. :-)
That is all.
Bjorn’s Vocab
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about Bjorn. It’s time I remedy that today, with a list of all the current words he’s able to sign:
(these are in no particular order)
- all done
- milk
- puppy
- cracker
- cheese
- daddy (which he actually uses generically for any caretaker)
- cow
- pig
- cat
- help
- pick me up (which he uses also to let you know when he’s ready to get down)
- blanket
- please
- grapes
- tired
- diaper
- telephone
- play
- bottle
- drink
- wash
- book
- ball
- chair/sit
- bye bye
- hello
- light
- toothbrush
- sheep
- tiger
- sock
- uh-oh
- where
- blanket (he says “tsi-tsi”. don’t ask us.)
That’s all I can remember right now…I’m surely missing a few, though. I’ll add ‘em as they come to me. Have I mentioned that baby sign language is amazing? Okay – just wanted to make sure :-)
Hop Harvest 2006
I harvested my Northern Brewer hops last night. The yield was quite good being that they’re only in their 2nd year of growth.
Me and the bines:

This is about a third of the total harvest from the two NB plants:

I got some help from Meghan and Bjorn as well!

The hops are now resting peacefully in my shed. They’ll be there for the next few days or until they’re dry. After that , I’ll pack ‘em into freezer bags and into the deep freeze they go.







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