<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Max @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Max) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Max @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>It&apos;s VBS time again</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/vbs_again.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/vbs_again.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vbs%5Fagain</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This was Max&#39;s second year of VBS, and this time we picked a church that had a daytime program. &nbsp; It&#39;s been two months since he had any kind of schoolish program, and I felt it was time.&nbsp; He&#39;s bored.&nbsp; I&#39;m tired of him b]]></description><category>vacation bible school</category><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category></item><item><title>Testosterone, socialization, and Max</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/testosterone_socialization_and_religious_homeschooling.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/testosterone_socialization_and_religious_homeschooling.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=testosterone%5Fsocialization%5Fand%5Freligious%5Fhomeschooling</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I read somewhere  that the 4-year-old boy has a testosterone surge and will begin to act more loudly and agressively at this age.&nbsp; Boy, is this true for Max.&nbsp; His new thing is jumping off high places and yelling.&nbsp; I caught him jumping]]></description></item><item><title>Camping in the backyard</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/camping_in_the_backyard.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/camping_in_the_backyard.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=camping%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fbackyard</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The other day Max had quite the adventure in the backyard.&nbsp; It was finally warm (and dry) enough, so together we set up the little tent Bumpa and Nana gave him for Christmas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It even had a cool tunnel extension to explore.]]></description></item><item><title>Sick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/sick.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/sick.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sick</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorry I&#39;ve been absento.&nbsp; I&#39;ve been sick for about 6 weeks now; first, it was a cold with a cough that lingered, then Max brought home some horrible viral thingee from school and after I got him through it I got it.&nbsp; Finally, this w]]></description></item><item><title>Where did my vacation go?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/where_did_my_vacation_go.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/where_did_my_vacation_go.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=where%5Fdid%5Fmy%5Fvacation%5Fgo</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, it&#39;s Thursday night.&nbsp; One more day and then we have to do the whole travel thing in reverse, but looking forward to winter weather instead of summer.&nbsp; Sob.&nbsp; I remember late Saturday night, in the car, thinking that in just a]]></description></item><item><title>Drama</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/drama.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/drama.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=drama</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So Max has gotten completely swept up in the David and Goliath story.&nbsp;&nbsp; Morfar gave him 11 of these Beginner Bible videos for Christmas, but this is the one he likes by far the best.&nbsp; He likes to watch it just about every day.&nbsp; I&]]></description><category>david and goliath</category><category>costumes</category><category>pretending</category></item><item><title>Max learns his letters</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_learns_his_letters.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/max_learns_his_letters.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=max%5Flearns%5Fhis%5Fletters</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Max and I have been working on letters for some time now.&nbsp; Last summer I made a mental note that he could identify 17 letters and write most of those.&nbsp; But I think he&#39;s up to 21 now.&nbsp; The only ones he doesn&#39;t for sure know are]]></description><category>letters</category><category>learning to write</category><category>learning to read</category></item><item><title>Funny moment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/funny_moment.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/funny_moment.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=funny%5Fmoment</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today my testosterone-laden almost-4-year-old called out to me, &quot;Mom, I&#39;m wounded!&quot;Knowing that his most favorite thing lately is to dress up like a warrior and pretend to stab things (or be stabbed), I played along.&nbsp; &quot;Where?&]]></description></item><item><title>Plus/Minus</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/plusminus.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/plusminus.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=plusminus</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today Max&#39;s new glasses arrived.&nbsp; I wasn&#39;t ready.&nbsp; I thought I was ready, but in reality, I&#39;m finding it difficult to view the new him.&nbsp; My boy&#39;s beautiful face now looks distressingly like Ralphie&#39;s from A Christma]]></description><category>getting glasses</category><category>children</category></item><item><title>Christmas art</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/christmas_art.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/christmas_art.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=christmas%5Fart</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Max has been drawing a lot of Christmas-themed art lately.&nbsp; Santa Clauses, Christmas trees, reindeer, presents - I&#39;ve had literally hundreds of pieces of paper covered in these images scattered throughout the house in the last few week]]></description><category>kids art</category><category>christmas</category></item><item><title>Ice day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/ice_day.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/ice_day.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=ice%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...and we are stuck inside.&nbsp; Max has been bouncing OFF the walls.&nbsp; OFF the walls, I tell you.&nbsp; We, Max and I were supposed to sing at church this morning for the first Sunday of Advent.&nbsp; But when I ventured outside this morning I]]></description></item><item><title>Happy Halloweens</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_halloweens.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_halloweens.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fhalloweens</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve always liked Halloween.&nbsp; I have lots of great memories of dressing up as a child in costumes my mom made for me.&nbsp; She would let my sister and I pick out what we wanted to be and then sew like a madwoman before October 31st.&nbsp; T]]></description><category>halloween</category></item><item><title>3 years ago today, I became Max&apos;s mother</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/3_years_ago_today_i_became_maxs_mother.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=3%5Fyears%5Fago%5Ftoday%5Fi%5Fbecame%5Fmaxs%5Fmother</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about this last night as I was going to sleep.&nbsp; With the time zone difference, I was already into today then and thinking about how I&#39;d have just have been getting up and getting ready for our court date.&nbsp; Here&#39;s a sn]]></description><category>russian adoption</category><category>adoption</category><category>russia</category></item><item><title>The big question</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_big_question.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fbig%5Fquestion</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two days ago, Max asked the question I&#39;d been dreading for awhile: &quot;Mommy, was I in your tummy?&quot;We&#39;d been talking about my friend, A.M., who has a baby in her tummy and is a little worried about it right now.&nbsp; So we&#39;ve been]]></description><category>adoption</category><category>russian adoption</category></item><item><title>Is it a...duck?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/is_it_aduck.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/is_it_aduck.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=is%5Fit%5Faduck</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s Max&#39;s latest masterpiece]]></description></item><item><title>1st Official Day of Preschool</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_official_day_of_preschool.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_official_day_of_preschool.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=1st%5Fofficial%5Fday%5Fof%5Fpreschool</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today was the first official day of preschool for Max.&nbsp; Last Thursday was the open house - today was the real thing.&nbsp; Max did great.&nbsp; It was amazing to see how much more relaxed he was today as opposed to last week.&nbsp; As soon as we]]></description><category>preschool</category></item><item><title>Intro to preschool</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/intro_to_preschool.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/intro_to_preschool.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=intro%5Fto%5Fpreschool</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So this morning Max and I went to his hour-long preschool open house.&nbsp; I had a little problem getting him out of the house.&nbsp; I&#39;d been preparing him all summer for it.&nbsp; We visited the school several times and toured his room.&nbsp;]]></description><category>preschool</category></item><item><title>Don&apos;t worry, be happy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/dont_worry_be_happy.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/dont_worry_be_happy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dont%5Fworry%5Fbe%5Fhappy</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s another piece of creativity from the crayon of Max.&nbsp; Isn&#39;t this cute?&nbsp; At the risk of sounding like a &quot;proud mama,&quot; I really think my boy has some natural talent.&nbsp; He just loves to draw.]]></description></item><item><title>More Max-isms</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_maxisms.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_maxisms.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fmaxisms</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I haven&#39;t done this in awhile,  but here&#39;s more from Max&#39;s mouth:&nbsp;  Emphatically, when convinced  Mom isn&#39;t listening: &ldquo;Mom, me tolding you!&rdquo;&nbsp;  At church, in the middle of  mass: &ldquo;What up with all this knee]]></description></item><item><title>Took Max to VBS tonight</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/took_max_to_vbs_tonight.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/took_max_to_vbs_tonight.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=took%5Fmax%5Fto%5Fvbs%5Ftonight</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s the first day of five.&nbsp; On the whole, I think he liked it.&nbsp; He got to do a lot of age appropriate stuff - playing with a parachute and blowing bubbles, doing crafts, coloring, having snacks, hearing stories, etc., etc.&nbsp; I had]]></description><category>vacation bible school</category><category>religion</category><category>christianity</category></item></channel></rss>