today’s the day. tax day. are your taxes done? i have had the unfortunate job of reminding dave several times over the past week that our taxes still aren’t done. don’t ask about his response(s)! you have to know that this is killing me, too, ‘cuz i’m the type that used to do her taxes [...]
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she is growing up, too! – is so cute and sweet… and she KNOWS it! – pulls her hair ties out at least 20 times a day. no exaggeration. but she really does hate it when her hair is in her eyes. – LOVES her brother, but she’s not always sweet, kind and [...]
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he is growing up so fast. – started potty training on Monday after nap. he didn’t do so hot. but today? remarkable. only 2 accidents ALL DAY. and he stayed DRY during his nap. right now he’s upstairs in bed for the night wearing underwear with plastic training pants. – (i should mention that [...]
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i took a little bit of "me" time during the kids’ naps the other day. and i created this: i know it’s a bad photo. it was pretty hard to take, actually, since there’s so much white involved. but i’m quite happy with it. i had fun with it, for sure! the photos were taken [...]
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parenting is hard work. VERY. HARD. we were at a party last night. with the kids. i expected samantha to have some break downs as the evening wore on since she didn’t nap. but instead, davey had a meltdown at dinner. over a bite of hotdog. seriously. this is the kid who’ll eat [...]
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i found some photos on our desktop the other day. i don’t think i’ve shared them here, though maybe you’ve seen one or two. they’re from the past few months… after drawing these, he told me they were balloons… i’d say he’s an artist! after taking this photo, he drew several more balloons… there was [...]
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yesterday, the USPS delivered some pretty goodies to my front door in a crushed Priority Box (thankfully the contents were anything BUT crushed): it made for a happy afternoon for me. the back row of papers in the first photo are all by one manufacturer (from two lines): October Afternoon. the back row of [...]
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what does $12.97 buy you at the local thrift store? lots of goodies! in addition to the pictured items, i also got 10 kids clothing hangars ($0.49) and a red truck for Davey (also $0.49). i did splurge ($1) on this: it reminded me of something Julie would buy. and she wasn’t able [...]
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in my very, very long san jose blog post, i promised a post about Harlan the Marlin. Harlan belongs to my friend Julie Jacob (not Julie Ball who was in San Jose with me). Julie found Harlan at the thrift store in Lynden and fell in love. no one quite understands (including me). but she [...]
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our easter was a family-filled day. i cooked for our family, dave’s parents and aunt mary and we had a wonderful time. i didn’t capture any photos of the kids before church, but after naptime i managed to get a few photos…. none are great, but here’s the best of what i got: hope you [...]
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