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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 8:36 am
I was try to put up a picture of Sam but it's not working for me.
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 8:39 am
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 8:51 am
It may be that the image is too large? I think that the board only allows images up to 65k. Let us know if you need help reducing the size of the image. One way is to crop the image, another is to save it as jpg at a lower quality. But always make a copy when you do that so you have the original.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 7:38 am
Beckyann, I didn't even realize I had posted two balloon pics! So glad Molly's feeling better! Spitfire, TVCH's computer help thread pointed me to using Irfanview freeware-- Really neat, you can just resize your pics to a percentage of the original and not worrying about cropping, etc. For emailing pics and posting them I resize to 50%. There is a "Batch Conversion/Rename" feature you can resize a lot at once (and save as copies) instead of opening, resizing, and saving as copy each one individually. Hope everyone is still doing well!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 8:12 am
Thanks Jimmer and Kimmo....when I get a chance to play around I will check it out!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 9:50 am
OK I think I got it!

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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 9:52 am
Yea it worked!!! The last one is Sam at the babysitters. He loves doing crafts! She said that he is the most intense and concentrates on what he's doing. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:07 am
I love the leaf picture! What a happy looking kid! And is that your house where he's near the sink? What a great view and wonderful windows!!! I think we need to see more of that house!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:18 am
Aww he's a cutie Spit!!
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:26 am
Ya that's my house with the windows. We've lived in that location for about 10 years and just rebuilt a new house over the old one in 2003. We are out in the country so it's nice and peaceful. Our house is situated up high and we are looking over fields and eventually into the closest town. I can see the building that would take me about 10-15 minutes to drive to. The house was basically built around the view.....the farm is called Pleasant View Farms actually. We don't farm though. Anyway we don't have a digital camera but if I can get my hands on one again I will take some of the house for you. While searching to see if I had any that really showed the view I came across this one of Sam sitting on our stairs. He is about halfway down in the picture. Yesterday he fell from top to bottom....rolled the first few stairs, went stiff and then did endo's. No blood thank god.....I thinks he's OK.

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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:50 am
Wow! Is he ever cute! I’m glad you got the picture resizing figured out. That’s always scary when they fall like that, but since they are so small they are like little balls rolling along. It’s so good that he wasn’t hurt. I did something similar when I was little and it never affected me (I think ). You might want to think about buying a digital camera. They are getting less and less expensive and you certainly have a great subject to take pictures of!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:53 am
Wow, I love those stairs and the curved walls!!! Way cool. Plus that little boy is beautiful too!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 10:59 am
Aw, I just love the red hair! He's a doll, Spitfire! My youngest niece took a tumble down a set of stairs Saturday night. She was carrying a small tonka truck and went face first on the truck the whole way down. She bit through her tongue, almost all the way, though dr said they wouldn't put stitches in. I've got to say, it's the nastiest thing I think I've seen! She's here today and keeps coming up to stick her tongue out at me and it gives me the heebie jeebies. I snapped some digital pics for sis, though I'm not sure how well they turned out.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:06 am
how adorable! i loved how well he concentrates on projects already! he'll probably be an engineer at age 6 LOL. how old is he? i love the hair color, too. my son was born with one curl on top of his bald head. it looked like a new penny. then he turned blond at about a year old and now he has medium brown hair (age 20). ah, to have a little one again, except for diapers.. for heaven's sake, wargood! thank God she didn't bite her tongue clear off!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:12 am
I got a pic you can see kinda well what she did to herself. Besides her tongue, she's got a nasty bruise on her shoulder, a little rugburn on her chin that you can see and rugburn on one shin. Her tongue is definitely the worst though.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:44 am
and no damage to the tonka truck, i assume?!
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 12:36 pm
Spitfire, I love the photos of your son Wargod, tongue piercing at an early age, huh 
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 12:46 pm
Wargod....ick. Thankfully she's a champ about it! Jimmer I am think about the digital camera. At this point we do not have a computer either so I would have no place to see my pics anyway. I do plan on getting a computer soon though. Mocha I think he's cute to! Tabbyking he is 19 months old! I can't believe it. Thanks Buttercup.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 1:36 pm
They grow up way too fast Spitfire! My niece is a lot like Kota. Even though she's only 2, we already see things in her that we saw in Dakota, like having a very casual attitude about things that can get her hurt. If she sees a couch, she's trying to figure out if she can get to the top of it and leap off before anyone sees her, lol. When she ends up getting hurt, much like Kota, she cries for a few minutes, tells you it hurts and then figures out ways to get people to pay attention to it, lol. She's been sticking her finger in her tongue and then sits and giggles when I told her to knock it off!
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:21 am
Spit - Sam is so cute! Wargod - yuck! My sis did the same thing on a trampoline when she was little. She still has a flap of skin on her tongue that never healed. Things here are trecking along... not much to report. Just a moment for me while Nate's at preschool and Starr's napping. 
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Spitfire
Member
07-18-2002
| Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:42 am
Sometimes I wonder if I'm an oddball mom. I seem to parent in a different way then those close to me. I think that I....actually I know that we are more strict in our ways then some. The question is, are we the oddballs? I'm questioning this because of BIL and SIL. Quite often when we see them we leave shaking our heads at what goes on. Their boys are 3 and 5 and as far as we can tell they rule the roost. If they are told no, they do it anyway without getting in trouble. Finally after things go on and on and on BIL yells. Now in my opinion they would know you meant business the first time if they didn't let them get away with it. Am I an oddball for thinking that? They always go around pushing and bugging Sam and are simply told to "be gentle" which most times they are not. Sam hates to be touched and gets mad at them and tells them no. I try not to step in and parent their children but finally I have had enough of them pushing him around and ask them to stop. BIL and SIL look at me funny. Am I an oddball for watching a situation and not wanting it to become any more physical. They are very physical children. In'laws are always talking about how their children don't eat well and are skin and bones. When I offer Sam his snack it is usually something like fruit/applesauce/crackers/muffins...etc. This does not mean that he does not get treats once in awhile but it's just not something that is always offered. Yesterday when we were visiting, SIL asked if Sam could have a snack. Sure why not. The next thing I see is him walking around with a bowl of marshmallows and jelly beans. I'm shocked....really I am. I said that I don't think he has ever had marshmallows before...she rolled her eyes. This is the type of thing that is always offered to her kids. Am I am oddball for giving my son healthy(ier) snacks? Truly I am wondering if I'm "to much" or am I normal...LOL. M
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:51 am
Sounds like you are more normal (and smart) to me. BTW, jellybeans and marshmallows are more of a treat than a snack. I never restrict Ryan from candy, but I'd never offer it to him as a snack... (funny thing is Ryan would never eat a jellybean or a marshmallow--he is THAT finicky!!!)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 13, 2006 - 10:58 am
Spitfire, Sadly, I don't think that you are normal. You are definitely above average! Your son is lucky to have you. 
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 13, 2006 - 11:14 am
LOL Jimmer. I reread your first sentence like three times before I read the second...
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, March 13, 2006 - 11:48 am
LOL, Spitfire, you're a mean mommy! Mean mean mean! Oh, sorry, I was channeling my children there for a second cuz that's what they tell me when I say they can have fruit for a snack (instead of the chips they've asked for) and remind them the rule about soda (they can order a soda when we go out to eat though we'd prefer juice or milk...it's the only time they get soda.) Seriously, I don't know that your an oddball or not. I know some parents who restrict all sweets and treats, those who don't care one way or the other, and those who are middle of the road, where treats are just something they get once in a while, like dessert once or twice a week. I've always thought we were strict. Ever so often I'll even ask a friend if I am unusual or not. The kids weren't allowed out of the yard til they were five or six. They can ride their bikes to the end of the cul de sac and back, but not on the main street and even at 9 Caleb's not allowed to run around the neighborhood. There's a few families who are as strict about where there kids go as we are in the neighborhood but we're in the minority. I'll never forget one neighborhood woman coming over one evening asking if I'd seen her daughter. She'd been out playing and they were getting ready to leave. She finally found the kid about four blocks down...she was five at the time and not even a word about it from mom other than get your coat we're leaving. Or the other neighbor lady standing in her front yard yelling for her son. It had to have been after 8pm cuz I was worried she was going to wake the kids up. He finally came home after deciding to run up to the store, down a major street, through a busy intersection, half a mile by himself. He was 8 or 9 at the time and the only thing she told him was it was time to come in. And then there was the time we'd been at the neighbors. All four of us walked outside and were talking on the curb when we spotted one neighbor boy who was about 6 at the time throwing rocks at cars as they drove down the street. Again this was after dark. Neighbor guy took the boy home, knocked on the door, and told his dad what he'd been doing and the only thing dad wanted to know was if he'd hit a car, no, oh big deal then. At those ages my kidlets were allowed out of the yard alone and not allowed to run the neighborhood and it definitely leaves me feeling less than normal, lol. Am I being too protective and strict? Then I look at what those kids are doing and what mine are doing and figure what the heck, maybe I'm not normal but I much prefer my way to theirs! Go ahead and be as weird as you want! At least your kids not beating up children younger than he is, throwing rocks at cars, and running up to the store after dark alone. I agree with Jimmer, your son is lucky to have you!
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