I’m borrowing the title of this page from the site Ryan created for Della when she was born, The Della Daily Dose. My goal for this page is to write 1 thing daily about or for Della, and the briefer the better. I read about a similar idea on the day of her first birthday and thought it would be an interesting way to chronicle a year of her life. Seeing how I was not blogging when she was born and am terrible about keeping up with my pen-to-paper journal, I thought I’d give it a try on here. And so I give you a dedicated space for The D Daily Dose.
(FYI, because I write so much about these kids, their pages are all broken into yearly chunks so as not to crash my site. I’ll keep the current year on the main page for ease of use. Enjoy!)
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January 1, 2026
Happy New Year, peanut! May it be a great one for all of us.
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January 26, 2026
We had your follow-up appointment with the back doctor today to check your scoliosis, and unfortunately it has progressed just a bit. The curvature they’re watching was 3 degrees higher than it was in August, which could be actual progression or it could be just within the “allowable” error range from that measurement. But we’re going back once more this August to make sure either way. So you haven’t graduated from Dr. Tassone quite yet.
Also today, you made the most amazing tacos for dinner! You made pico de gallo from scratch to go on them, you even pan fried the tortillas once they were filled with the toppings so they kept their shape, and they were outstanding. It was quite an effort on your part, but definitely worth it. They were so delicious, even Daddy had seconds! Avit immediately requested them for his new birthday dinner. 😀 Thank you!
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February 7, 2026
Tonight was your Winter Formal dance, and fortunately it was at the newly renovated Fox Bay Theater, which is now called The Argo, just up the street. You and 2 of your good friends went together and went out to a great sushi place down the street from the theater for dinner ahead of time, so I know that was good. You said the dance itself was the usual – not great – but you said it was fun since you 3 were together. And you said the new place looks really cool inside, so I can’t wait to see it, too. You looked beautiful, no matter how boring the dance was!
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March 13, 2026
Your girls basketball team made it to State, so the whole school got to go up to Green Bay today to watch the game! The school got 7 school buses and drove everyone up there at 1:00 so you had a half day, you all watched the game, then they got you back home around 7:00. It was $20 to take the bus and $12 for the game ticket, so well worth it. You said it was so much fun, and the girls won! (They played the next day and ended up winning State!)
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March 16, 2026
Snow day!! It was so random, because until about 9:00 last night there was nothing but rain! But the school district emailed us all around 7:00pm, saying that due to the forecasted gale-force winds plus predicted snow, they were preemptively cancelling everything for today. Daddy even got off work, too! And I guess it was a good thing they did, because it turned into a total blizzard overnight. I don’t think we’ve ever had a March snow day before!
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March 19, 2026
Today was your third and final day of lacrosse tryouts for this spring, and you’re on JV again. You said you’re actually really happy about it because it’s more fun and relaxed than varsity, plus none of the girls on varsity who play your position graduated last year. Your whole group of good friends are all together on JV again, too, except for your best friend who made varsity, so you’re very excited to stay together with them. I’m so proud of you, peanut! I said I don’t care what team you play on, as long as you’re having fun. You said you are, so that’s good enough for me! I ordered a sweatshirt for this year, too, so at least now I’ll be warm cheering on the sidelines!
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March 20, 2026
Now the boys basketball team made it to State, so you guys got to do the same thing this Friday, except you’re in Madison. So much fun! (They ended up winning State, too!)
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