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Perspective
Leah, upon finding a penny and learning I think it is ok for her to go ahead and put it into her piggy bank, "I am rich, rich, RICH!." -
In search of no rain...
After about 10 days where it rained straight the children and the adults in this house were going alittle crazy. We decided to go to the Upper Great Lakes Vistor's Center, just outside Ashland, WI.
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Jammie Baby Takes Tennis Lessons....
Jammie Baby has been a busy kid. Tennis lessons at Longview....
Private lessons? Well, almost. It seems many of the other children are on vacation this week. Jammie Baby is loving his instructor, who we know is very cool because after all she's married to a geologist.
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A Friday Adventure
I'm in the midst of some crazy work stuff. Construction + lack of window in my office makes me not want to travel the 12 miles to my office. I'm participating in a teleconference that requires me to dial in on the phone and talk to other people (people who don't know me and my children). I want to maintain a level of professionalism and not ( Read more... ) -
On the childhood obesity epidemic: a reminder that our kids know what to do....
I went to the Y this morning to run on the treadmill. Kids went to the babysitting and then child #2 had a class at the Y while I picked up child #1 from the babysitting service. I had planned on only being at the Y for about an hour, long enough for the class. We got there early, and thus had an hour to kill ( Read more... ) -
end of the year reflections
Note: I'm using this particular picture as the userpic because it is Erin (almost 2) and this post is about Erin, but I'm not really feeling scowl-y. In fact I'm feeling full of joy about Erin's growth.
Parenting Erin has never been easy, right from birth. Some people say a the way a child's birth goes says a lot about them and who they might become ( Read more... ) -
Wait let me get....
We recently returned from just under a week long visit with Erik's parents (I'll post a few pictures for the interested, give me a day or so ( Read more... ) -
little mind at work.
Leah, two days ago: "Mama, Is Virginia a place and a person?" -
priceless
Sometime around Tuesday, Erin realized she had forgotten the obligatory breakfast in bed for mom on Mother's Day. So I told her it would be ok if sometime this weekend she brought me breakfast in bed. Much chatter ensued during the week, back and forth, between Erin and Leah ( Read more... )
