Category: Family Love
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Our little fish
Many of you (the “old time” followers (aka my mom)) may remember me talking about how Landon had such a fear of water. We tried everything to get him in – and he finally made it near the end of the summer. We joined the local gym, where they have a heated (bathtub) pool and…
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Cardboard Box Lessons
Landon was taking his nap this afternoon while Riley and I had some play time together. There are a few empty boxes in the living room from recently shipped Christmas presents that both boys have been having a grand time playing with – one is large enough for Landon to fully fit in with the…
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Bedtime Blues {how we made bedtime better}
We’ve always had some form of bedtime battles with Landon – really since a few months after going to his big boy bed and discovering that he could get out of bed on his own. I am pretty sure our story is not alone. One more drink, potty one more time, down to I don’t…
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Everyday Life {Fire Station Tour}
When we moved to Chico I joined a great mom’s group. We have weekly play dates and several activities each month for the kiddos (and moms!). This last event was a fire station tour. Landon has been to a few before – once when I was still teaching he came along for the field trip,…
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Everyday Life {Jumping in leaves and applesauce}
It’s finally fall here. Our weather finally got the memo from a month and a half ago that it’s fall. There are a ton of trees in our neighborhood and town and it’s just beautiful to drive through and see all the vibrant colors. Fall is by far my favorite season. Our backyard has a…
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Everyday Life {Pumpkin Patch}
So this is a bit late, as we went quite a bit ago but I figured I would share our pumpkin patch adventure. We went to a new place that I had heard good things about. They are also a non profit organization that helps kids and their families with terminal or severe illnesses. It…
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The Man With the Yellow Hat Costume
Landon loves Curious George. We had a Curious George birthday party no too long ago (with a man with the yellow hat cake!) and he requests to watch the show almost every time for his tv time. So it was not a surprise when we were talking about Halloween costumes that he said he wanted to be…
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Pumpkin Carving 2012
We carved our pumpkins the night before Halloween. I see all these fantastic carvings on pinterest and wonder how they do it. I’ve never been great at carving pumpkins. We do it every year, and have a great time doing it – they just never look like the ones I see everyone else do. Oh…
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I Promise
Today I took the kids to my “old” school (the one I just left teaching for several years to stay at home). I loved going there and seeing all my old colleges and former students. I had waves of hugs and excited looks on the kiddos faces. I loved it. I really do miss it.…
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Everyday Life {Illness and slowing down}
This week has been very different. A forced different as Riley has been sick all week. He woke up Saturday with a fever and worsened cough (he’s had a cough for the last 3 weeks). We had planned to go to the pumpkin patch, so instead we stayed home and Brad and Landon did a…