Wednesday, August 31, 2011

through rose colored goggles

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If ever you need to put a smile on your face, buy your kids some goggles.

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I can’t help but giggle at things like this.

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It’s like the other day when I made Natalie tell me five times she wanted to watch “Moka-honkus” (Pocahontas).

I just liked hearing her say it.

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My job definitely has it’s perks.

Monday, August 29, 2011

sisters on the fly

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So at the beginning of this month all my sisters and I took a little vacation in Oregon. This town seemed liked the appropriate place for that.

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It didn’t take us very long to get into trouble,  or at least to act weird and take pictures of it. There’s plenty of that when we get together.

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My sisters also tried to help me branch out on my culinary conquests. I’m not used to eating somewhere where “extra cheese” or “4 piece chicken nugget” is not on the menu.   I am glad they didn’t make me go back to the car when I convinced them I really didn’t know how to use chopsticks.

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Seriously, I believe this is why Japanese women stay so skinny.

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You see that? That is what it was all about. Being together to sit with your feet up and relax for a few days. Thanks to the hubbies that kept the forts down, and to Shellie for getting us all together. Lets do it again. Like, maybe next week.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

back 2 school

IMG_5121School has started for us again.

I still have a big list of things to do before school starts, including blogging about summer, but time marches on.

So far we have nothing to report except that we have two, very happy girls, one wistful mommy, and a little brother and sister who may or may not learn to get along.

Monday, August 1, 2011

a warning

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One should always be careful when laying down on the grass.

Children always see this as some kind of invitation to tackle.

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It happens among their own kind as well.