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Fall walks
One of our friends, and Elizabeth's soccer coach, recently celebrated a birthday and his twin 6 year old sons wouldn't let it pass without a party. So we all gathered in the park and went on a fall...
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Fall semester activities are drawing to a close, and we need to plan for winter/spring. This stuff makes me crazy. They both want to do extra activities, so we have to balance the right activities...
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My friend KG has made an appearanceortwooveratAwwwClutter, but I don't think I've ever written about her on AwwwTrouble. The funny thing about me and KG is that we are both into social media, but in...
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not quite over Halloween
Years ago, Elizabeth got a set of Charlie Brown books, covering all the famous TV holiday specials. Lately we've been reading the Halloween book, and tonight the set was scattered across her bed....
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a groupie is born
Here's an old one from the summer. Do you watch PBS kids shows? If so, you know SteveSongs. Inbetween the shows, to fill the 30 minutes, this guy named Steve, who always wears a red shirt, sings...
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trophy day
Today was Elizabeth's next to last soccer game - next week is a make up from a rain date. Since today was a nice (though freezing!) day, Coach Eric decided to hand out the team trophies today. It's a...
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Choco-mouths
I have no idea why kids get a ring of chocolate around their mouth when eating chocolate ice cream. Choco-mouth is a term of endearment in our house. Today was a FULL day - we left the house at 8:30...
View ArticleSkipper the Fast
Here's a video from June of me ignoring my persistent daughter in favor of watching Skipper off leash. This little dog is fast - I took this video after she'd been running around a while, so she's...
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A Misked-up Stragety
Rich here again. Gotta give Susan at least a couple of breaks during the hell, er, experience that is NaBloPoMo. I also like to blog about things I find funny or interesting before they slip out of...
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Trophy Day, part II
Elizabeth got her soccer trophy last weekend, and when we told Andrew he was going to get a trophy, too, he was beside himself with joy and excitement. And then soccer day was cold and rainy, and it...
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Ok, well, NaBloPoMo was a bust this year, and once again I have a creative excuse. Last year it was a kidney infection, the year before it was the cold that never, ever, went away over 3 months. This...
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Happy birthday Little Guy!
Little guy was very excited his birthday was on a holiday - Thanksgiving Day. Elizabeth was jealous - why does he get to have his birthday on a holiday and I had to have my birthday on a Tuesday!The...
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Descriptors
(OK, so it's January, but I'm so far behind in posting, I'm writing posts and backdating them, but tonight I had to do a book club post, so stuck this in here.)Since both Elizabeth and Andrew were...
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Wow. Two years. There's a lot of living that happens in two years. I don't entirely know why we stopped blogging, but the longer you stop the harder it is to get going again. Do you go back and catch...
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At almost 5, Andrew's mostly speaking like a child, no longer mispronouncing or making up words. But there are a few Andrew-isms that persist and I don't want to forget:- Dark Vader- chickmonk-...
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I have intended forever to do a post (and many posts) about our reading. I was a voracious reader and no lie one of the best parts of parenting is revisiting the the books I loved with Elizabeth. As...
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As more and more of Elizabeth's friends got sucked into Harry Potter, I decided we'd hold off a little bit and revisit another old friend - Laura Ingalls Wilder. One of my friends said to me that she...
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parenting fail
One of the reasons I stopped blogging is because I really like Facebook. It works for me, my whole family is on, and it's a quick and easy way to put things out there. I meant to post this to...
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sunset
And this one did make it to Facebook - there are some benefits to dog walking.I love our neighborhood and living in the city - most of the time. There are some negatives - the cost, the crowding, how...
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