Lily
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A Valentine Party
Lily has been planning a Valentine's Day Party for over a month now. She had two pages of ideas for it, some of which she researched in my crafting and cookbooks. She planned out breakfast, dinner, dessert, party games, decorations,… Continue reading
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A Winter Wonderland
Friday night, Kevin and I had an early Valentine's date at home, while a friend watched our kids. I made cheesecake, had candlelight, and even burnt some steaks (oops). It was a great date. As we were leaving after dinner… Continue reading
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Tying Shoes
I remember, as a little girl, my mom making a deal with me, that if I learned how to tie my shoes, she would get me a pair of shoes with velcro. (It was 1983 – all the kids wanted velcro… Continue reading
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Won’t you be my V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E?
Now that it is only a week away from Valentine's Day, I have this song running through my head. I used to sing it with my 4th graders this time of year, and it always gets me in the mood… Continue reading
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My Jr. Firemen
On Monday, regardless of the icky weather, we decided to go ahead with our preschool field trip to the fire-station. We ended up with some extra kids there, since school was canceled, but Lily and the other older kids were… Continue reading
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Things you do when you are stranded by the weather . . .
Once again, I am very grateful the storm did not hit until after we were home. The one inch of snow and 3-4 inches of freezing rain we received, turned into a solid sheet of ice last night. Everyone is… Continue reading
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We’re All Together Again, We’re Here, We’re Here
For some reason that old Scout song my dad used to sing has been running through my mind all morning. It probably has something to do with the fact that we are "all together again," and that "we're here." I… Continue reading
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Long Lost Friend
Okay, so she wasn't really lost, but it had been almost 5 years since we had last seen each other, and so, needless to say, I was pretty excited when Saundra and her four kids where able to come visit. They… Continue reading
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This past week we . . .
Sent Kevin off to Airborne School in Georgia. I still can't believe he will be learning how to jump out of airplanes. Went to the dollar theater on Saturday morning and watched "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." We had… Continue reading
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Our New Year’s Extravaganza
Well, it has been a week since our crazy journey home from Idaho, and I can finally get to posting about our trip. Life is still not completely under control, but I think we have all finally recovered from the… Continue reading