Month: June 2011
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Summer school and summer fun
As I've mentioned before, the kids all do some type of education project during the summer. We call it summer school but it's not an organized routine type of thing. It's simply one of many summer activities that we do when we feel like it. Lately, though, we've had a lot of rainy days and… Read more
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The first of many
The kids and I had a weekend full of friends, laughter, hugs, pools, and a few fruity drinks. Well…the fruity drinks were all mine. 😉 Tom, unfortunately, had a weekend full of illness. He spent the weekend on the couch, sick and missing all the fun. Soooo hoping he's on the road to recovery and… Read more
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So far, so good
Sawyer is doing a great job with boot camp training this week. He's learned to stay for long periods of time and, more importantly, learned to stay on command when the doorbell rings. It's not easy for him and he's miserable because he can't run and knock over the new person at the door but… Read more
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The Germans are coming!
Our new neighbors used to live in Germany and Tony still works for a German company. Every couple of years, some of their German friends come to the U.S. and we were so lucky to meet them on this trip. They had a party last weekend and we had so much fun and had the… Read more
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I think he’ll survive it
As I mentioned in the post below, our crazy puppy, Sawyer, started boot camp today. Mommy boot camp. Our goals are to stop his crazy, frantic race to the door with wild barking when the bell rings, to stop him from mouthing everyone’s hands, and to greet visitors calmly instead of bowling them over. Judging… Read more
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The gloves are off
The gloves are off and the gates are down. Sawyer is going through boot camp training this week. And, yes, this is Sawyer, aka the crazy puppy. He's had his summer shave and no longer looks like this (his winter shave): Or this (when he's not groomed at all): Anyway……….back to boot camp. We've always… Read more
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Our new allowance system
School has been out for over two weeks now and I refuse to spend the summer listening to the kids say, "I'm bored." So, we have a lot of ongoing projects right now in an attempt to keep them active and engaged. A lot of our activities are just fun – going to the zoo,… Read more
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DIY Jewelry Organizer
I've gotten the DIY bug. In a big way. It all started with Pinterest. Pinterest is a website that allows you to collect links and photos from all over the net onto one web page. The best part about Pinterest is that the site attaches the original link to the photos you pin to your… Read more
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DIY week
School's been out for over a week and the kids have all been in a theater day-camp this week. And I have gotten the cleaning and organizing bug. BIG TIME. As in cleaning out closets, moving around flower beds, building things, and reorganizing closets. I have a bunch of blog posts that I need to… Read more
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For Michele
A dear friend of mine has a milestone birthday today and I was able to do a mini-photo shoot for her today. Her mothers and her three sisters traveled all the way from Alabama to be with her for her birthday and I was honored to spend a bit of time with them this weekend.… Read more